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    		• Capser, Mike,
     
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    		• Wasatch Bronzeworks,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Billings, Frederick
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Transportation
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Montana -- Billings
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Frederick Billings, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Capser, Mike, sculptor.
    Wasatch Bronzeworks, founder.
    Title: 
    Frederick Billings, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1982. Copyrighted 1982. Relocated 1993.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: concrete set on sandstone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2.5 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. x Diam. 7 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On sculpture:) M CAPSER (copyright symbol) 82 (On base:) FREDERICK BILLINGS/FOUNDER/CITY OF BILLINGS/NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY PRESIDENT FROM 1879-1881/HIS FORESIGHT AND KEEN BUSINESS MIND RESULTED IN THE/ESTABLISHMENT OF BILLINGS--THE MAGIC CITY--WHERE IT IS TODAY/THIS STATUE WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF BILLINGS AND/YELLOWSTONE COUNTY BY THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF BILLINGS ON JULY 19, 1982,/DURING THE CITY OF BILLINGS AND YELLOWSTONE COUNTY'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION./IT WAS RELOCATED HERE IN 1993./SCULPTED BY MIKE CAPSER signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Life-size portrait of Frederick Billings, standing and holding a rolled up set of plans in his proper left hand. Proper right hand is touching vest pocket, which holds a watch chain.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Billings, Frederick -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
    Occupation -- Transportation -- Railroad
    Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Montana -- Billings
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Western Heritage Center, 2822 Montana Avenue, Billings, Montana 59101
    Remarks: 
    Statue commemorates Frederick Billings, founder of Billings and President of the Northern Pacific Railway. Statue was a Centennial gift in 1982 and was originally located at First Avenue North and 27th Street in Billings. It was relocated to its new position in 1993. Base contains at least one additional plaque concerning public buildings in Billings.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Montana survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS MT000036
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