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    		• Clapp, L. W.,
     
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    		• McClaren, Volney,
     
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    		• Thomas, Glen,
     
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    		• Cement Stone & Supply Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Lindbergh, Charles A.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Transportation
     
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    		• Travel -- Air
     
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    		• Architecture -- Vehicle
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Bas Relief of Charles Lindbergh's Flight Across Atlantic), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Clapp, L. W., sculptor.
    McClaren, Volney, modeler.
    Thomas, Glen, architect.
    Cement Stone & Supply Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    (Bas Relief of Charles Lindbergh's Flight Across Atlantic), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Lindbergh Panel, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1930. Dedicated March 31, 1935.
    Medium: 
    Cast concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    5 ft. 4 in. x 37 ft. x 5 in. (11,500 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Bas-relief of Charles Lindbergh in his Spirit of St. Louis plane, approaching islands of Ireland at end of first non-stop flight across the Atlantic.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Lindbergh, Charles A.
    Occupation -- Transportation -- Pilot
    Travel -- Air -- Airplane
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Kansas Aviation Museum, 3350 George Washington Boulevard, Wichita, Kansas 67210
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located City of Wichita, Municipal Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67210
    Remarks: 
    The relief is placed above the front doors of the Kansas Aviation Museum, originally the second municipal airport terminal for Wichita. The building was begun in 1929 and dedicated in 1935, partly funded through the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The sculpture was designed from a watercolor sketch made by L. W. Clapp, then President of the Wichita Park Board. Clapp oversaw the construction of the sculpture. Volney McClaren did the modeling and it was fabricated by Cement Stone & Supply Company. Historic Places. IAS files contain article from Wichita Eagle or Beacon, Dec. 15, 1934. Wichita is known as the air capitol of the world. The first commercial plane was produced here and Wichita produces most of the single-engine aircraft in the world.
    The sculpture was covered over by a panel for several years by a base commander, who did not like it. The building is on the National Register of
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1994.
    Kansas Aviation Museum, 1992.
    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 66430001
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