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Unknown (Fort Scott, Kansas),
History -- United States
Allegory -- Place
Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs
Boulder
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Sculpture
Plymouth Rock Replica, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown (Fort Scott, Kansas), fabricator.
Title:
Plymouth Rock Replica, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1964.
Medium:
Sculpture: granite; Foundation: sand.
Dimensions:
Approx. 3 x 6 x 5 ft. (4 1/2 tons).
Inscription:
(Center, incised:) 1620
Description:
To-scale replica of the original Plymouth Rock. Set in a depression and surrounded by an iron fence.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Colonization
Allegory -- Place -- Plymouth
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs
Boulder
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Sculpture
Owner:
Memorial Park Cemetery, 1350 East Pierce Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503
Remarks:
Project of former cemetery general manager E. F. Williams and dedicated to the Pilgrim Fathers. Believed to be the only replica of Plymouth Rock fashioned from stone. IAS files contain a related unidentified 1946 clippingw ith a photograph. IAS files also contain transcriptions of nearby plaques.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1995.
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 IA000040
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Inventory of American Sculpture
IA000040
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