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    		• Cook, Richard O.,
     
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    		• Stevens Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Brodbeck, Jacob
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Ethnic -- German
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fredericksburg
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Jacob Brodbeck, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Cook, Richard O., sculptor.
    Stevens Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Jacob Brodbeck, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1985.
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 19 x 14 x 9 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 1 in. x 25 in. x 10.5 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On back of figure:) Richard O. Cook (On plaque on base, raised:) JACOB BRODBECK/FATHER OF U. S. AVIATION/1821-1910/BORN AND EDUCATED IN PLATTENHARDT,/GERMANY. CAME TO TEXAS IN 1846 AND/SETTLED IN GILLESPIE COUNTY. HE BECAME/THE SECOND SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE VEREINS/KIRCHE. HE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE/DEVELOPMENT OF GILLESPIE COUNTY BY/SERVING AS COUNTY SURVEYOR, COUNTY/COMMISSIONER, SCHOOL INSPECTOR. ORGANIZED/SEVERAL SCHOOLS WHERE HE ALSO TAUGHT/SCHOOL PLUS WAS A MUSIC TEACHER./IN HIS SPARE TIME HE WORKED ON HIS/DREAM OF AN AIRSHIP, WHICH HE INVENTED/AND FLEW ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1865 ON A MEADOW/NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. A MAN/OF MANY TALENTS, BUT HIS GREATEST TALENT WAS IN AERODYNAMICS AND MANY OF HIS/BASIC DESIGNS ARE STILL IN USE TODAY./DESCENDANTS OF JACOB BRODBECK/DEDICATE THIS MONUMENT TO HIS MEMORY/WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE FREDERICKSBURG INDEPENDENT SCHOOL/DISTRICT AND THE GILLESPIE COUNTY/HISTORICAL SOCIETY./1986 signed
    Description: 
    Bust of Jacob Brodbeck, with full beard and mustache.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Brodbeck, Jacob -- Bust
    Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
    Occupation -- Political -- Commissioner
    History -- United States -- Aviation
    Ethnic -- German
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fredericksburg
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Gillespie County Historical Commission, 309 West Main, Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
    Located Marty Plato, Pioneer Plaza & Main, Fredericksburg, Texas
    Remarks: 
    Jacob Brodbeck (1821-1910) was instrumental in the development of Gillespie County. He also taught, and in his spare time invented an "airship," which he flew on Sept. 20, 1863. Many of his basic designs in aerodynamics are still in use today. The sculpture was erected by his family, the Fredericksburg Independent School District and the Gillespie County Historical Society. For related material see "Jacob Brodbeck: Reached for the sky" by Anita Teach, Diesel and Sons (Fredericksburg, TX), 1986.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas 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 TX000519
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