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    		• Correll, R. M.,
     
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    		• Correll, H.,
     
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    		• McCain, Mary,
     
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    		• Jones, Claude,
     
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    		• Guffey, Roy,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Cityscape -- Texas
     
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    		• Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Animal -- Cattle
     
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    		• Animal -- Pig
     
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    		• Animal -- Sheep
     
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    		• Architecture -- Industry
     
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    		• Architecture -- Civic
     
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    		• Architecture -- Religious
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Gainesville
     
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    Cooke County Centennial Celebration (1948), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Correll, R. M., sculptor. (possibly by)
    Correll, H., sculptor. (possibly by)
    McCain, Mary, designer.
    Jones, Claude, assistant.
    Guffey, Roy, assistant.
    Title: 
    Cooke County Centennial Celebration (1948), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated March 20, 1948.
    Medium: 
    Marker: appears to be concrete; Base: appears to be concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Marker: approx. 9 x 24 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 25 x 3 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base, raised numbers:) 1948 (Bronze plaque on right of base:) The erection of this historical entrance sponsored by the Maggie House Garden Club A.D. 1948 unsigned
    Description: 
    A bas-relief marker, topped by the cartoon figure of Old Man Texas. The relief depicts a scenes related to the county's history, including in the center, a school teacher and eight children. Behind the group and to the left of the relief are agricultural products, including cows, chickens, pigs, sheep, fruit, vegetables, wheat, corn and cotton. In the background are oil derricks, a refinery and the Tyler and Simpson building. In front of the group of children is California Street, Turner Hotel, the Episcopal church, businesses and cars. At the end of the street is the Community Circus, a courthouse and the Methodist Church. In the sky are three airplanes and a single star.
    Old Man Texas stands on the top of the marker, holding various items in his proper left hand, including a hammer and a horseshoe. The figure places his proper right hand around a machine cog that rests on a cotton bale with the map of Texas on its back. On his proper left is a sheaf of wheat. Old Man Texas has a moustache and wears a cowboy hat, bow-tie and jacket.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Texas
    Cityscape -- Texas -- Gainesville
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture
    Figure group
    Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
    Occupation -- Education -- Student
    Animal -- Cattle
    Animal -- Pig
    Animal -- Sheep
    Architecture -- Industry -- Refinery
    Architecture -- Civic -- Courthouse
    Architecture -- Religious -- Church
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Gainesville
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Gainesville, 200 South Rusk, Gainesville, Texas 76240
    Located Fair Park, Entrance to park, southwest corner of Weaver & Fair Park Boulevard, Gainesville, Texas
    Remarks: 
    The marker was erected as part of Cooke County's centennial celebration. IAS files contain related article from the Gainesville Daily Register, Aug. 30, 1948.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Related Works: 
    Companion to: TX000731.
    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 TX000732
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