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Sculptor Wilber Freece created this small statuette of a cowboy riding a bucking bronco from beef suet and rinds.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Dignitaries visit the fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Four pylon sculptures that decorate the north side of the Century of Progress Hall of Social Science.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Four pylon sculptures that decorate the north side of the Hall of Social Science.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Hall of Science statue
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Statue of Apollo
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
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View, looking northeast, at the installation of Fernando Botero's bronze sculptures for the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" in Grant Park.
Date:
1994
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Three First National Plaza
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View of the atrium lobby of Three First National Plaza, located at 70 West Madison Street (at N. Dearborn). The bronze sculpture "Large Internal-External Upright Form" by Henry Moore occupies a prominent place in the lobby.
Date:
1985; 1983 (Henry Moore sculpture)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Civic Center Plaza and Brunswick Building
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View of the lower portion of the Brunswick Building (Cook County Administration Building) seen from the Civic Center (Daley Center). The steel Picasso sculpture commissioned for the Civic Center plaza is at the right.
Date:
1968
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Picasso
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Undated view of the sculpture by artist Pablo Picasso installed in the Daley Center Plaza.
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Public access
Sculpture at University of Illinois Medical School
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View of the sculpture "Spirit of Medicine Warding Off Disease", created with Federal Art Project funds, installed behind a reflecting pond at University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago
Date:
October 26, 1946
Collection:
Navy Pier Negatives and Prints, 1946-1948
Access:
Public access
One of the entrances to the Electrical Group exhibition under construction in preparation for A Century of Progress. The sculpture of the man above was dedicated to "The conquest of time and space."
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Sculptor Wilbur Freece created this small statuette, known as "Jim of the Golden West" from beef suet and rinds.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Four pylon sculptures decorate the north side of Hall of Social Science
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Statue at the Century of Progress Hall of Social Science.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Sculpture of 'Man Combating Ignorance' on the north approach to the Hall of Science viewed from below
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
People posing beside the Columbus statue in Arrigo Park
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Three unidentified persons posing beside the Columbus statue in Arrigo Park
Date:
1988
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
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Public access
Joe DiMaggio, Congressman Frank Annunzio and Dominic Di Frisco
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Joe DiMaggio (left), Congressman Frank Annunzio (center) and Dominic Di Frisco (right) in front of the Columbus statue in Arrigo Park.
Date:
ca. 1975-1990
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cardinal Bernardin leads a prayer
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Cardinal Joseph Bernardin (at microphone) leads a prayer in front of the Columbus statue in Arrigo Park. Congressman Frank Annunzio in the first row third from the right. Others unidentified.
Date:
1982
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Group of men laying a "Sons of Italy" wreath in Arrigo Park
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A group of men, including Cardinal Joseph Bernardin and Congressman Frank Annunzio, laying a "Sons of Italy" wreath in Arrigo Park. Congressman Frank Annunzio is third from right in the front row. Also included are Jerry Zurla, Alderman Fred Roti, and Lee Iacocca.
Date:
1984
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Harold Washington Social Security Center and Batcolumn sculpture
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View of Claes Oldenburg's monumental-scale baseball bat sculpture "Batcolumn", which stands on the plaza in front of the Harold Washington Social Security Center (600 West Madison Street). The side of the Chicago and North Western Station (demolished 1984) is visible in the distance beyond the sculpture.
Date:
1980; 1977 (Batcolumn)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sculpture on State Street Mall
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Pedestrians viewing a large abstract sculpture installed on the State Street Mall in front of the Marshall Field's store (now Macy's).
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center, plaza
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View of the plaza in front of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center), showing an outdoor plaza with a sculpture by artist Jean Dubuffet. The Greyhound Bus station (since moved) is visible in the background.
Date:
1985; 1979-1985 (James R. Thompson Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
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View of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center). Jean Dubuffet's sculpture "Monument with Standing Beast" stands on the plaza outside the building.
Date:
1985; 1979-1985 (State of Illinois Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sculpture, State Street Mall [brighter version]
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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.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Student looking at "Slabs of the Sunburnt West" sculpture
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Date:
1975
Collection:
UIC Photographic Subject File
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Public access
Sculptures, University of Illinois Medical School
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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.
Date:
October 26, 1946
Collection:
Navy Pier Negatives and Prints, 1946-1948
Access:
Public access
Monument at the University of Illinois Medical School
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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.
Date:
October 26, 1946
Collection:
Navy Pier Negatives and Prints, 1946-1948
Access:
Public access
Southeast view of the front courtyard of the Electrical Group building before the grand opening of the Chicago World's Fair.
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Both "Stellar Energy" (left) and "Atomic Energy" (right) by sculptor Ulric Henry Ellerhusen can be seen flanking the building's main entrance in the center.
Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Sculptor Wilber Freece created this small statuette of a cowboy riding a bucking bronco from beef suet and rinds.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Sculptor Wilber Freece created this small statuette of a cowboy riding a bucking bronco from beef suet and rinds.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
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.
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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.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Four pylon sculptures decorate the north side of Hall of Social Science
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Smiling Egyptian cat-goddess Bast
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
The Madonna rendered in ivory
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Statue of Athena
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Statue of Apollo, University of Illinois Medical School
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Sculpture of Apollo at the University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago. The words "Alpha Omega Alpha" are inscribed on the statue's base.
Date:
October 26, 1946
Collection:
Navy Pier Negatives and Prints, 1946-1948
Access:
Public access
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
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View, looking northeast, at Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture La Pensee/ Il Pensiamento, part of the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" held in Grant Park.
Date:
1994
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Carter H. Harrison monument
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View of the top part of the Carter H. Harrison monument, showing the figure of Harrison.
Date:
1974; 1907 (Carter Harrison Memorial)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Horsepower I sculpture, Sedgwick Park
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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.
Date:
1975; 1975 (Horsepower I)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Abraham Lincoln statue in Grant Park
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Detail of "Seated Lincoln" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, a bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln in Grant Park.
Date:
1972; 1904-1908 (Seated Lincoln)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
State Street Mall at Washington Street
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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).
Date:
1987; 1983 (Being Born sculpture)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Michigan Avenue from the Art Institute
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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.
Date:
1984; 1953-1954 (Henry Moore sculpture); 1960 (McCormick Memorial Garden)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
The Chicago Picasso
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Undated view of the Picasso sculpture installed in the Daley Center Plaza.
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Calder sculpture, Chicago Federal Center
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Undated view of the Federal Center Post Office (Loop Post Office) and plaza with Alexander Calder's 1974 sculpture "Flamingo".
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Multiple views of the installation of the Richard Hunt sculpture "Slabs of the Sunburnt West"
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Date:
1975
Collection:
UIC Photographic Subject File
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Public access
Multiple views of the installation of the Richard Hunt sculpture "Slabs of the Sunburnt West"
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Date:
1975
Collection:
UIC Photographic Subject File
Access:
Public access
Color view of the Electrical Building
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Relief sculpture titled Stellar Energy or Light by Ulric Henry Ellerhusen.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
View of the Century of Progress Fountain of Science sculpture
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Stellar Energy sculpture on southeast facade of the Electrical Group building
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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.
Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access

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