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    		• Swanson and V. Remming,
     
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    		• Allegory -- Place
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Gray, Hugh J.
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Monument to Mark the 45th Parallel), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Swanson and V. Remming, fabricator.
    Title: 
    (Monument to Mark the 45th Parallel), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1938.
    Medium: 
    Plaque: metal; Marker: several types of stone native to Michigan, including marble, jasper conglomerate, granite, travertine, vesicular basalt, schist, limestone, puddingstone and iron ore.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 13 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. x 10 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On east and west faces of the monument:) Swanson and V. Remming, Kewadin, Mich. 1938 (Names of Michigan counties are on individual stones) (On plaque:) HUGH J. GRAY/DEAN OF MICHIGAN'S TOURIST ACTIVITY/1938/STATE COMMITTEE:/GOVERNOR FRANK MURPHY, HON. CHAIRMAN/U.S. SENATOR ARTHUR H. VANDENBERG/U.S. SENATOR PRENTISS M. BROWN/BRUCE E. ANDERSON, GEN. CHAIRMAN/J. LEE BARRETT, VICE-CHAIRMAN/DON C. WEEKS, SECRETARY/MURRAY D. VAN WAGONER/P.J. HOFFMASTER THOMAS F. MARSTON/LEE WILSON HUTCHINS GEO. E. BISHOP/THIS POINT IS HALFWAY BETWEEN/THE EQUATOR AND THE NORTH POLE unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    The sculpture is a pyramidal form comprised of a variety of rocks with a plaque affixed to one side. Individual rocks are engraved with the names of Michigan's counties. Each rock is presumed to have come from the county which bears its name. On the plaque is a relief bust of Hugh J. Gray, who wears a suit and tie and thin eyeglasses.
    Subject: 
    Allegory -- Place -- Michigan
    Portrait male -- Gray, Hugh J. -- Bust
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Cairn Highway, approximately 2 miles north of Kewadin, Antrim County, Michigan
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture's location marks the 45th Parallel, or the halfway point between the equator and the North Pole.
    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 MI000636
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