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Its sculptor was Tony Hunt, the chief of the Kwagu'ł tribe in British Columbia, as a 1986 replacement for the totem pole that stood at the site since 1929.That pole was carved in 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago by George Hunt (), an ethnologist from Alaska who assisted Franz Boas at the fair and served also as a linguist and interpreter. [1]
The Spearman The Bowman. The Bowman and The Spearman, also known collectively as Equestrian Indians, [1] or simply Indians, [2] are two bronze equestrian sculptures standing as gatekeepers in Congress Plaza, at the intersection of Ida B. Wells Drive and Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Grant Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois.
St. Mary of the Angels parish was organized in 1899 by Rev. Vincent Barzynski, CR, pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka, Chicago's oldest Polish parish. The parish was founded to serve the large number of Poles who had settled in Bucktown, which was a part of Chicago's Polish Downtown. [4]
Agora is an installation of 106 headless and armless iron sculptures at the south end of Grant Park in Chicago. Designed by Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz, they were made in a foundry near Poznań between 2004 and 2006. [1] In 2006, the Chicago Park District brought the work to Chicago as a permanent loan from the Polish Ministry of ...
The Spirit of Music also known as the Theodore Thomas Memorial, is an outdoor 1923 sculpture and monument commemorating Theodore Thomas (founder of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra) by Czech-American artist and educator Albin Polasek, installed in Chicago's Grant Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois.
Statue of Benito Juárez (Chicago) Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Chicago) Statue of Friedrich Schiller (Chicago) Statue of Irv Kupcinet; Statue of John Peter Altgeld; Statue of Leif Erikson (Chicago) Statue of Nathan Hale (Chicago) Statue of Richard J. Oglesby; Statue of Robert Cavelier de La Salle; Statue of William McKinley (Chicago) Statue of ...
The ‘Angel of Hope’ statue in Horry County’s Cherry Grove Point disappeared over the weekend. Here’s all we know so far.
Statue of Alexander Hamilton (Chicago) Statue of Alexander von Humboldt (Chicago) Statue of Benito Juárez (Chicago) Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Chicago) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Chicago) Statue of Irv Kupcinet; Statue of Leif Erikson (Chicago) Statue of Michael Jordan; Statue of Richard J. Oglesby; Statue of Robert Cavelier de La Salle ...