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Sculpture, State Street Mall [brighter version]
View of pedestrians walking past a large sculpture installed on the the State Street Mall in front of the Carson Pirie Scott department store (now Sullivan Center), taken around the time of the State Street Thanksgiving Parade.
1980


Sculptures, University of Illinois Medical School
Sculptures of Asclepius (left) and Hygeia (right) standing in an arched walkway at the University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago. The sculptures' creation was funded by the WPA Federal Art Project.
1946

Monument at the University of Illinois Medical School
Cornerstone of former Physicians and Surgeons Building, bearing the date October 14th, 1881. Installed as a monument at the University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago.
1946

Louise Lentz Woodruff standing next to the sculpture she designed for the Fountain of Science, located in front of the main entrance to the Hall of Science.
The sculpture, known as Science Advancing Mankind, depicts 'Science' as a benign robot bending forward to nudge a male and female figure, i.e. 'humanity,' toward a brighter future. Woodruff's husband served as treasurer for the Century of Progress board of trustees in 1933.
1933



Statue of Apollo, University of Illinois Medical School
Sculpture of Apollo at the University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago. The words "Alpha Omega Alpha" are inscribed on the statue's base.
1946

Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
View, looking northeast, at Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture La Pensee/ Il Pensiamento, part of the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" held in Grant Park.
1994

Carter H. Harrison monument
View of the top part of the Carter H. Harrison monument, showing the figure of Harrison.
1974

Horsepower I sculpture, Sedgwick Park
View of the sculpture Horsepower I, by Chicago sculptor John Kearney. The work is installed in Ogden Mall Park (Sedgwick Park), located between North Sedgwick Street and North Hudson Avenue, south of West Wisconsin Street. The sculpture consists of two large horses made from welded steel car bumpers, and is part of the art collection of the City of Chicago.
1975

Abraham Lincoln statue in Grant Park
Detail of "Seated Lincoln" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, a bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln in Grant Park.
1972

State Street Mall at Washington Street
View north along the State Street Mall from the intersection with Washington Street. Virginio Ferrari's sculpture "Being Born" stands at the right, in front of the Marshall Field's store. The buildings at the left, on the west side of the block, include 100 North State Street (Chicago Federal Savings Bank) and the Springer Block (Bay State Building and Kranz Building).
1987

North Michigan Avenue from the Art Institute
View of Michigan Avenue with the Gage group, Willoughby Tower, the former Montgomery Ward Tower (now condominiums), the Michigan Boulevard Building (formerly Michigan Avenue National Bank) and the Associates Center (150 N. Michigan Avenue). In the foreground Henry Moore's sculpture "Large Interior Form" stands in the Art Institute's North Stanley McCormick Memorial Garden.
1984



Color view of the Electrical Building
Relief sculpture titled Stellar Energy or Light by Ulric Henry Ellerhusen.
1933

Stellar Energy sculpture on southeast facade of the Electrical Group building
The caption beneath the figure reads: Light is the beginning of all things, from the utmost aether it issues shaping the stars answering in its patterns to the majesty of creative thought. The sculptor for this design was Ulric Henry Ellerhusen.
1932

Louise Lentz Woodruff standing next to the sculpture she designed for the Fountain of Science, located in front of the main entrance to the Hall of Science.
The sculpture, known as Science Advancing Mankind, depicts 'Science' as a benign robot bending forward to nudge a male and female figure, i.e. 'humanity,' toward a brighter future. Woodruff's husband served as treasurer for the Century of Progress board of trustees in 1933.
1933




Beef suet statuette of a Native American on horseback
This miniature statuette of a Native American on horseback by artist Wilbur Freece, titled Indian Squaw, is made of beef suet.
1933




Statue of Apollo, University of Illinois Medical School
Sculpture of Apollo installed at the University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago. The words "Alpha Omega Alpha" are inscribed on the statue's base.
1946

Congressman Frank Annunzio with Neil Hartigan and Congressman Russo
Congressman Frank Annunzio with Lt. Governor Neil Hartigan (second from left) and Illinois Congressman Martin A. Russo (fourth from left) near Columbus statue.
1985