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History of Mackinac Island Totem Pole, (sculpture). Artist:  Haack, Ray W., designer. Title:  History of Mackinac Island Totem Pole, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Aug. 4, 1954. Medium:  Painted wood supported by iron attachments. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 22 ft. x Diam. 15 in. Inscription:  (On pole from top to bottom:) 1670/1671/1779/1781/1812/1815/THE/AMERICAN/FUR/COMPANY/JJ ASTOR/1834/1825/GLORIA DEI/GRAND/HOTEL/1887/BE PREPARED/TROOP AND POST/527/BSA/DETROIT/1954 (On plaque in front of pole:) ERECTED BY/BOY SCOUT TROOP 527/DETROIT, MICHIGAN (Names and the troop members and others appears on the lower, larger plaque) signed Description:  Eight posts are joined to make one totem pole. Elements and characters include a thunderbird, a Huron Indian and Father Claude Dablon, Fort Mackinac, a British soldier, the American Fur Company, founded by John Jacob Astor, an old mission church, the original Grand Hotel and the Scout emblem. Subject:  Animal -- Bird -- Thunderbird Ethnic -- Indian -- Huron Portrait male -- Dablon, Claude -- Full length Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Architecture -- Military -- Fort Architecture -- Religious -- Church Architecture -- Commercial -- Hotel Homage -- Astor, John Jacob Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Mackinac Island Totem pole Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Michigan, Department of Natural Resources, Mackinac State Historic Parks, P. O. Box 370, Mackinac Island, Michigan 49757 Located Fort Mackinac, Boy Scout barracks, south of the Fort, Mackinac Island, Michigan 49757 Remarks:  Erected by Boy Scout Troop #527. The pole was designed by Ray W. Haack. Assistant Scoutmaster Vern Whittaker supervised the project. Other assistance came from George Spencer Sr., Louis Struble of Meldrum Tool Company, John Brogdon, Cecil Sprung and Scoutmaster Eric Silvester. IAS files contain the text of the plaque. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993. 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 MI000351   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000351 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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