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    		• Thompson, Stickle,
     
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    		• Culver, J. S.,
     
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    		• Culver Construction Company,
     
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    		• Homage -- Lincoln, Nancy Hanks
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Lincoln City
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Culver Stone, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Thompson, Stickle, sculptor.
    Culver, J. S., fabricator.
    Culver Construction Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Culver Stone, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Nancy Hanks Lincoln Memorial Stone, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1902. Dedicated Oct. 1, 1902.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Vermont granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 41 x 50 x 29 in.; Base: approx. 21 x 75 x 55 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On scroll on front of sculpture, raised lettering:) NANCY HANKS/LINCOLN (On bronze plaque below scroll:) Mother of/Abraham Lincoln unsigned
    Description: 
    A memorial to Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of President Abraham Lincoln, consisting of a block of rough-hewn granite containing an open scroll on the front bearing an inscription. The block is mounted on two supports at either end that are set upon a wider slab of granite with rough-hewn sides.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Lincoln, Nancy Hanks
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Lincoln City
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
    Located Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, End of the Trail of Twelve Stones, Lincoln City, Indiana
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, In front of Nancy Hanks Lincoln headstone in cemetery, Lincoln City, Indiana ca. 1902-1933.
    Remarks: 
    The memorial to Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's mother, was donated by J. S. Culver, the contractor who remodeled the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, Illinois. The block of granite is excess stone from the tomb remodeling. The sculpture was originally placed in front of the Nancy Hanks Lincoln headstone in the cemetery around 1902. It was moved in 1933 to mark the end of the Trail of Twelve Stones. IAS files contain related information sheet from the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial titled "The Lincoln Notebook."
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana 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 IN000866
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