Mother and Children, (sculpture).

Mother and Children, (sculpture).

Felten, Pete, sculptor.

Mother and Children, (sculpture).

Family, (sculpture).

Dedicated May 16, 1976.

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Sculpture: limestone; Base: brick.

Sculpture: approx. 5 x 5 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 2 1/2 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft.

Pete Felten (On plaque on base:) Memorial to generosity of/Mark-Lily-Dolly Hadley signed

Mother figure wearing a full-length, long-sleeved dress, sits on her knees with a child on either side. Her hair is pulled back in a bun and her proper right hand rests on the shoulder of a male child, her proper left hand on the back of a female child. The male child wears a long-sleeved shirt and long pants and leans kneeling against the mother's proper right leg. His proper left elbow is propped on the mother's leg, his hand cradling his head, and his proper right hand rests on her knee. The female child is at the mother's proper left leg in a raised kneeling position. She has long, loose hair and wears a dress similar to the mother's. Both her hands rest on the mother's leg.

Figure group -- Family -- Mother & Child

Allegory -- Life -- Womanhood

Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Hays

Hadley Hospital, 201 East 7th Street, Hays, Kansas 67601

IAS files contain article from the Hays Daily News (Kansas), May 16, 1976, stating that the sculpture is a memorial to the founders of the Hadley Hospital, the Hadleys.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995.

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