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Rosalind and Marshall Fredericks in Barbara Hallman Plaza - home of Star Dream Fountain.tif
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…

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Alex Dow was a Scottish-born US engineer. Dow was the plant's first manager and electrical engineer for the city of Detroit.

Dow was appointed water commissioner for the city of Detroit in 1916-1921 and again in 1925-1932. In 1932, he was made the…

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Aluminum cast of two deco stylized trains from Romance of Transportation.

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Transportation by Man (Jets), plaster mold with iron rods,and galvanized pipe. Mold is stained from the shellac used to seal the mold.

This multiple-piece aluminum installation was made for the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services and the Ohio…

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Dog mold for Romance of Transportation. Plaster mother mold with amber colored rubber mold.

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Romance of Transportation, 1951
Plaster original painted silver


This 44-foot long relief mural was originally located at the Fort Street Union Depot in Detroit, Michigan. It has since been relocated to the
B. & O. Railroad Museum in…

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[Back Image] Plaster front of head (relief) of Roman Centaur, pointed ears, curly facial hair, mustache goes around upper lip then straight down both sides of mouth in curls. Eyes are hallowed out, hair on nose, two broken horns on top of head. …

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In this sculpture, a large brown and small black bear sit back to back in quiet thought. Although in nature these two animals are enemies, Fredericks portrays the two in a gentle humanistic way, stressing tolerance.

Notice the differences in the…

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In this sculpture, a large brown and small black bear sit back to back in quiet thought. Although in nature these two animals are enemies, Fredericks portrays the two in a gentle humanistic way, stressing tolerance.

Notice the differences in the…

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Mrs. Dorothy (Honey) Arbury studied with Fredericks when she attended Kingswood School at the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 1930s. She met him through her uncle, Alden B. Dow, a prominent architect in Midland,…
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