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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…

“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…

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…

Setup for "Photographic Exhibition" at Kingswood School - Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1979.

Reference photograph used by Marshall M. Fredericks for the "Alfred P. Sloan Medal," one of the three "General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Medals".

The awards recognize basic and clinical scientists throughout the world who have been…

This delicately balanced sculpture is evidence of Fredericks' expertise in design and structural engineering. The openness and verticality of the composition are very dramatic.

The large gulls appear weightless, held in place only by a wing tip,…

Large photograph of the USA building with the Victory Eagle. The photo is on a thick cardboard.

Setup for "Photographic Exhibition" at Kingswood School - Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1979.

An unidentified exhibition of Marshall Fredericks work including "Freedom of the Human Spirit," "The Spirit of Detroit," "Peace Arising from the Flames of War" and "The Expanding Universe".

An unidentified exhibition of Marshall Fredericks work including "Freedom of the Human Spirit," "The Spirit of Detroit," "Peace Arising from the Flames of War" and "The Expanding Universe".