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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Children
     
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    		• Recreation -- Sport & Play
     
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    		• Landscape -- Park
     
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    		• Homage -- Baker, Joseph Dill
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Frederick
     
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    (Baker Park), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    (Baker Park), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1927-1928.
    Medium: 
    Bronze with patina.
    Dimensions: 
    2 reliefs.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on left:) BAKER PARK/OPENED JUNE 23, 1927/TO PROVIDE WHOLESOME RECREATION/FOR THE PEOPLE, SAFE, SANE AMUSEMENT/FOR THE CHILDREN, THE PARK IS/DEDICATED TO THE WELFARE/OF THE COMMUNITY/LLOYD C. CULLER, MAYOR/ALDERMEN/LORENZO E. MULLINIX P.B.A./JOHN S. RENN G. WILLIAM SHIPLEY/CHAS T. BUTCHER ELMER F. MUNSHOWER/AUBREY A. NICODEMUS, CITY REGISTRAR/EDWARD J. SMITH, CITY ATTORNEY/E. ST. CLAIR MAXWELL, CITY ENGINEER/LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT/R. BROOKE MAXWELL/1928 (On plaque on right:) BAKER PARK/IN RECOGNITION OF THE RELATIONSHIP/EXISTING BETWEEN JOSEPH D. BAKER AND/THE CITY OF FREDERICK, COVERING A/PERIOD OF YEARS, OF THE VALUABLE/SERVICES RENDERED BY HIM TO THE CITY,/OF THE ARDUOUS AND PATRIOTIC LABORS/PERFORMED BY HIM DURING THE WORLD/WAR AS CHAIRMAN OF THE LIBERTY LOAN/COMMITTEE, THE RED CROSS AND THE/SELECTIVE SERVICE BOARD OF FREDERICK/COUNTY, OF THE HIGH REGARD IN WHICH HE/IS HELD BY THE PEOPLE OF FREDERICK AND/HIS OUTSTANDING ABILITY, OF THE MANY/ACTS DONE BY MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH D. BAKER/FOR THE BETTERMENT OF HUMANITY,/AND AS AN EXPRESSION OF ESTEEM/FOR BOTH OF THEM/THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF FREDERICK,/BY A RESOLUTION PASSED AUGUST 12, 1927,/HAS DECLARED THAT THIS PARK SHALL AT ALL/TIMES HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS BAKER PARK/1928 unsigned
    Description: 
    Two decorative plaques at the entrance to Baker Park. Both have a relief of adults and children using the park.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Children
    Recreation -- Sport & Play
    Landscape -- Park
    Homage -- Baker, Joseph Dill
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Frederick
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Frederick, Frederick, Maryland
    Located Baker Park, North Bentz Street, Frederick, Maryland
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland 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 MD000512
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