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Rosalind Rymal, Rosalind Fredericks, Bengt Johns, Marshall Fredericks and Suzanne (Suki) Fredericks.jpg
Marshall Fredericks receives the Commanders' Cross and is appointed a Commander of the Order of Dannebrog by the Danish Consul General in Chicago, Bengt Johns, at the Fredericks' Birmingham, Michigan home.

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Rosalind and Marshall Fredericks with unidentified man at Fredericks' Bloomfield Hills, Michigan studio.

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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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“The Expanding Universe Fountain” celebrates the nation's first exploration of outer space. According to Fredericks, the sculpture "represents this age of great interest, exploration and discovery in outer space...[and] the immensity, order and…

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Inspired by the verse, "The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nation" (Revelation 22:2), the aluminum relief is located on the facade of William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.

It was awarded the Gold Medal in Sculpture by…

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“The Expanding Universe Fountain” celebrates the nation's first exploration of outer space. According to Fredericks, the sculpture "represents this age of great interest, exploration and discovery in outer space...[and] the immensity, order and…

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In 1936, Fredericks won a National Award Competition to design a fountain for the Levi L. Barbour Memorial, located on Belle Isle, an island park in Detroit, Michigan. Mounted 16 feet high on a granite pedestal, the bronze sculpture sits in a…

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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…

Raymond Burr, Don Galloway and Marshall Fredericks in Copenhagen, Denmark.jpg
Raymond Burr (Ironside), Don Galloway (Sgt. Brown) and Marshall Fredericks in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Fredericks stylized Victory Eagle in a very geometric and angular way for the exterior of the Federal Reserve Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Although abstracted, the Victory Eagle appears to be landing on the surface of the pedestal. Moreover, it is…
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