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    		• Bitter, Karl,
     
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    		• Wells, Charles S.,
     
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    		• Woodbury Granite Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Lowry, Thomas
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Transportation
     
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    		• Figure male -- Nude
     
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    		• Figure female -- Nude
     
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    		• Allegory -- Other
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Object -- Fruit
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Thomas Lowry Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bitter, Karl, 1867-1915, sculptor.
    Wells, Charles S., b. 1872, carver.
    Woodbury Granite Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Thomas Lowry Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Thomas Lowry Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1915. Dedicated Aug. 18, 1915. Rededicated April 8, 1967.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure of Lowry: bronze; Wall: Bethel white granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure of Lowry: approx. H. 10 ft.; Wall: approx. 15 x 25 x 2 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On figure's pedestal, incised:) Karl Bitter - 1915 (Across top of wall, incised:) IN MEMORY OF THOMAS LOWRY (On wall, below male allegorical figure, incised:) BE THIS COMMVNITY/STRONG AND ENDVRING/IT WILL DO HOMAGE/TO THE MEN WHO/GVIDED ITS GROWTH (On wall, below female allegorical figure, incised:) THE LESSON OF A PVB/LIC-SPIRITED LIFE/IS AS A TREE EVER/BEARING NEW FRVIT signed
    Description: 
    Central figure of Thomas Lowry stands on a low base. He is bearded, and his suit of clothes includes a morning coat and a tall hat held in his proper left hand. Behind him is a wall with inscriptions and two nude allegorical figures, representing municipal growth, seated in openings in wall. In the opening in the left side of the wall is a male figure tying up young vines. In the opening in the right side of the wall is a female figure harvesting grapes.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Lowry, Thomas -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
    Occupation -- Transportation
    Figure male -- Nude
    Figure female -- Nude
    Allegory -- Other -- Progress
    Allegory -- Civic
    Object -- Fruit -- Grape
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Arts Commission, 350 South 5th Street, City Hall, Room 200, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
    Located Smith Triangle Park, Hennepin & Emerson Avenues & West 24th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Remarks: 
    Thomas Lowry (1843-1909) was the founder of the Twin Cities transit system. The memorial was commissioned by the Thomas Lowry Memorial Association. The allegorical figures were carved by Charles Wells. Formerly located at the intersection of Lyndale and Hennepin Avenues, the memorial was relocated in 1967 due to highway construction. IAS files contain detailed dimensions. IAS files contain newspaper articles from Minneapolis Star, Feb. 18, 1966, Feb. 28, 1966, April 8, 1967, and May 9, 1967, which discuss relocation of the memorial for highway construction; and from Hill & Lake Press (Minneapolis, MN), June 26, 1993, pg. 7, and Wedge (Minneapolis, MN), July 1993, both of which discuss possibility of moving the memorial again. IAS files also contain excerpts from books by James M. Dennis, "Karl Bitter: Architectural Sculptor 1867-1915," Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1967, pg. 204-220, which details the creation of this memorial; and Moira F. Harris, "Monumental Minnesota: A Guide to Outdoor Sculpture," [St.Paul:] Pogo Press, 1992, pg. 15-16.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MN5002, 1989.
    Monumental News, Nov., 1915, pg. 635.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Harris, Moira F., "Monumental Minnesota: A Guide to Outdoor Sculpture," [St.Paul:] Pogo Press, 1992, pg. 15.
    Monumental News, Nov., 1915, pg. 635.
    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 76005152
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