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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…

Based on a 1946 sketch by Carl Milles for a peace monument intended for the United Nations Building in New York, Fredericks’ enlargement now stands at the entrance to Stockholm Harbor, a project spearheaded by Cilla Jahn, in collaboration with…

The businessmen backers of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair aspired to produce an economic boom for the city that would rival the hugely successful New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 that brought more than 44 million visitors to the city. Many of…

Plaque at the base of the cross for "Christ on the Cross" at Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.

Inscription reads: Christ on the Cross By Marshal M. Fredericks Sculptor c. 1959

Plaque reads: The four granite carvings depict the geographical civilizations of Earth.

The bronze sphere symbolizes the superstitions and legends of mankind.

The bronze figure is man rising from the flames and reaching for eternal…

Planet with ring shaped like Saturn. Plaster middle sphere connected to a plaster ring. Has a hook on top to hang.

Planet with ring shaped like Saturn. Plaster middle sphere connected to a plaster ring.

Model of 13 round small spheres attached to a large sphere. Each of the smaller spheres is attached by a metal wire.

Five plaster rings of various sizes.

Brass planet for Celestial Fountain