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"Memorial to Norwegian Emigrants" (Leaping Gazelle)
In 1936, Marshall Fredericks entered a national competition to design a memorial honoring Levi L. Barbour for Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Barbour, a prominent lawyer who had been instrumental in the purchase of the island as a…
"Memorial to Norwegian Emigrants" (Leaping Gazelle) in Stavanger, Norway
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In 1936, Marshall Fredericks entered a national competition to design a memorial honoring Levi L. Barbour for Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Barbour, a prominent lawyer who had been instrumental in the purchase of the island as a…
A foundry worker loads a portion of the bronze corpus for "Christ on the Cross" onto a truck
Bronze corpus for "Christ on the Cross†for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
A portion of the bronze corpus for "Christ on the Cross" is loaded onto a truck by foundry workers
Bronze corpus for "Christ on the Cross†for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
An unidentified man poses with "Memorial to Norwegian Emigrants" (Leaping Gazelle)
In 1936, Marshall Fredericks entered a national competition to design a memorial honoring Levi L. Barbour for Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Barbour, a prominent lawyer who had been instrumental in the purchase of the island as a…
Ferd Prucke and Trord Finslort admire "Memorial to Norwegian Emigrants" (Leaping Gazelle)
In 1936, Marshall Fredericks entered a national competition to design a memorial honoring Levi L. Barbour for Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Barbour, a prominent lawyer who had been instrumental in the purchase of the island as a…
Ferd Prucke with "Memorial to Norwegian Emigrants" (Leaping Gazelle)
In 1936, Marshall Fredericks entered a national competition to design a memorial honoring Levi L. Barbour for Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Barbour, a prominent lawyer who had been instrumental in the purchase of the island as a…
Lower half of the bronze "The Spirit of Detroit" at the foundry
The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front of a white marble wall at the entrance…
Rear view of "Memorial to Norwegian Emigrants" (Leaping Gazelle)
In 1936, Marshall Fredericks entered a national competition to design a memorial honoring Levi L. Barbour for Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Barbour, a prominent lawyer who had been instrumental in the purchase of the island as a…
Rear/side view of "Memorial to Norwegian Emigrants" (Leaping Gazelle)
In 1936, Marshall Fredericks entered a national competition to design a memorial honoring Levi L. Barbour for Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Barbour, a prominent lawyer who had been instrumental in the purchase of the island as a…