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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Statues and Sculpture
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
The statue is a female figure wearing a military style helmet decorated with an eagle’s head, stars, and a feathered crest. She holds a sheathed sword in her right hand, while in her left she has a laurel wreath and a shield with thirteen stripes. The statue itself is 19.5 feet (6 meters) tall. The figure stands on a globe bearing the motto “E Pluribus Unum.”
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Title
A name given to the resource
Statue of Freedom
Source
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc1054.photos.361166p/">View original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
12/2/1863 (installed)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1860-1889
Description
An account of the resource
<a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/535">In 1855, Congress commissioned Thomas Crawford to build a statue to top the cast-iron Capitol dome.</a> Two years later, Crawford created the plaster model in Rome and sent it to the US for casting. The bronze was cast at a foundry in Washington DC under the supervision of Philip Reid, an enslaved man. Casting was briefly interrupted by the beginning of the Civil War, but was completed by 1862. The statue stood on the Capitol grounds <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/256">until the dome was completed</a>. The statue was installed in stages, with the final pieces added in December 1863. Today, the Capitol Visitor Center displays the plaster model of the statue.
design & monuments
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Statues and Sculpture
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
Including the base and sculpture, the piece is 34-feet high. The stainless steel shape is 16-feet wide.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Infinity
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Jose de Rivera
Source
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives. <a href="http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!9357~!0#focus">View original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
3/28/1967 (dedicated)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
Description
An account of the resource
Louisiana-born sculptor, Jose de Rivera designed and built the abstract sculpture "Infinity" that currently welcomes visitors to the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/48">Smithsonian National Museum of American History</a>. The sculpture slowly rotates on its base, completing 1 revolution every 6 minutes. In 1965, the federal Art-in-Architecture program commissioned this statue by reserving half of 1 % of the estimated total construction costs of the new National Museum of History and Technology. Museum architect, Walker Cain, recommended Rivera's proposal for a new art work to accompany the new museum. After two years of design and construction, the sculpture was dedicated in the spring of 1967.
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Location
The location of the interview.
The west side of the National Museum of American History.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Statues and Sculpture
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
The sculpture is 40 feet tall and weighs 35 tons. It contains 71 pieces connected by 1,200 bolts all faceing the same direction. Calder instructed that the sculpture be painted with a matte black, lead-based paint. In 2013, conservators repainted the piece with high-tech paint specifically designed for outdoor sculptures.
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Title
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Gwenfritz
Creator
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Alexander Calder
Source
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives. <a href="http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=14F605S0U9301.1295&profile=sicall&source=~!sichronology&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!9319~!1&ri=3&aspect=power&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=calder&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=power&menu=search&ri=3">View original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
6/2/1969 (dedicated)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
2000-present
Description
An account of the resource
Sculptor Alexander Calder designed "Gwenfritz" in 1965 after Washington philanthropist Gwendolyn Cafritz commissioned him to create a piece for the new Museum of History and Technology. Calder built the 40-foot tall metal stabile in France and shipped it to Washington in 6 crates. Smithsonian staff installed the work in 1969 on a reflecting pool facing 14th Street. In 1984, the Museum moved the sculpture and filled in the pool. In 2013, the Smithsonian began conserving "Gwenfritz," and in October 2014 returned it to the original location. During the restoration, staff repainted the sculpture and replaced all 1,200 bolts connecting its panels.
arts & culture
design & monuments
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
Granite sculpture approx. H. 10 ft. Diam 2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 5 ft.
Location
The location of the interview.
Formerly located in Ueno Park, Japan, the sculpture now sits along the Tidal Basin.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Statues and Sculpture
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Title
A name given to the resource
Japanese Lantern
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011633824/">View Original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
03/30/1954 (dedicated)
1651 (sculpted)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
Description
An account of the resource
The lantern was given to the people of the United States by the Governor of Tokyo in 1954 to mark the 100th anniversary of Commodore Matthew Perry's arrival in Japan and the opening of trade between the two countries. It was installed amid the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/24">first cherry trees</a> planted along the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/430">Tidal Basin</a>. The lantern is lighted during the annual <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/480">Cherry Blossom Festival</a>. It is one of two lanterns created in 1651 to mark the death of a warlord named Tokugama Iemitsu. Both lanterns were formerly located at a temple in Tokyo's Ueno Park, where the twin remains today.
design & monuments
work & play
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Statues and Sculpture
Ghost Sites
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
The statue shows Columbus with a globe in his raised right hand. Just to his right is a cowering American Indian woman. The statue stood to one side of the staircase to the eastern entrance to the Capitol, on the left side as one faced the building.
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Title
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Discovery of America
Creator
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Luigi Persico
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1844 (installed)
1958 (removed)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1830-1859
1950-1979
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Wikimedia Commons. <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Discovery-statue.JPG">View original</a>.
Description
An account of the resource
In 1837, the President and Congress commissioned Italian-born artist Luigi Persico to create a sculpture depicting Christopher Columbus to be one of a pair of artworks flanking the staircase on the eastern entrance to the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/59">Capitol</a>. When it was installed in 1844, some politicians and art critics applauded it as a representation of Manifest Destiny. In 1958, <em>Discovery of America</em> and its companion piece <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/18"><em>The Rescue</em></a> were removed in preparation for renovations to the east facade of the Capitol. By that point, both American Indian advocacy groups and members of Congress were highly critical of the sculpture. It was not reinstalled when the renovation was completed.
design & monuments
ghost mall
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Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
Multi-tiered, 36 figure, bronze statue.
Location
The location of the interview.
Proposed for the Capitol grounds. Never completed.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Statues and Sculpture
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Title
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Clark Mills's Design for a Lincoln Monument
Creator
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Clark Mills (Sculptor)
Source
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006684431/">View original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1867
Description
An account of the resource
In 1867, Congress formed the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/463">Lincoln Monument Association</a> to commission a <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/33">memorial</a> for the late president. They chose this design by sculptor Clark Mills. Mills was known in Washington for designing a <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/412">statue of Andrew Jackson</a> that stands near the White House. Mills's Lincoln monument featured multiple tiers and 36 bronze statues depicting scenes related to war, justice, and liberty. Rising above the war and politics rested a statue of Lincoln, seated, writing the Emancipation Proclamation. Mills's monument was never built, because financial problems and political disputes plagued the project from its earliest days.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1860-1889
design & monuments
ghost mall
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
Bronze statue on a marble base.
Location
The location of the interview.
18th Street, at the Intersection of Constitution and Virginia Avenues.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Statues and Sculpture
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Title
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Jose Artigas Statue
Description
An account of the resource
General Jose Gervasio Artigas was a military and political leader in Uruguay in the 1800s. Influenced by the Enlightenment ideas which also sparked the American Revolution, Artigas' revolutionary movement was part of the Spanish American wars for independence. This statue is a cast of one which stands in Uruguay. It was commissioned as a goodwill gesture between that nation and the United States in the early 1940s, but was not delivered until 1947. Two years later, Congress authorized funds for the creation of a base for the statue and the work of installing it at its present site.
Creator
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Juan Manuel Banes
Source
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/thc.5a36968/">View original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
06/19/1950 (dedicated)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
design & monuments
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
Bronze statue, 324''x 96'' x 208''
Location
The location of the interview.
Virginia Avenue between 18th and C Streets NW, Washington, DC.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Statues and Sculpture
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Title
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Simon Bolivar Statue
Description
An account of the resource
This statue of Simon Bolivar was donated to the United States by the Venezuelan government and installed in 1955. Bolivar was a revolutionary Latin American military and political leader from the 1810s to the 1830s. He led the nations of Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia to independence, earning the reputation of having founded democracy in Latin America.
Creator
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Felix de Weldon
Source
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011632214/">View original</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1959
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1950-1979
design & monuments
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Title
A name given to the resource
Daguerre Statue
Source
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http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/npc2007000100/
Publisher
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1918-1920
Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
A relief bust of Daguerre sits in front of a large globe, admired by a female figure representing Fame. Laurel garlands frame Daguerre and encircle the globe. The inscriptions read: "Photograph, the electric telegraph, and the steam engine are the three greatest discoveries of the age. No five centuries in human progress can show such strides as these." and "To commemorate the first half-century in photograph 1839-1889. Erected by the Photographer's Association of America, August, 1890."
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Statues and Sculpture
Memorials
Ghost Sites
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Title
A name given to the resource
Daguerre Memorial
Description
An account of the resource
This memorial commemorates photography pioneer, Louis Daguerre, inventor of the daguerreotype. The Photographer's Association of America presented the memorial to the people of the United States in a ceremony at the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/56">Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building</a> on April 15, 1890, where it was installed in an alcove. In 1897, it was moved outside to the Smithsonian Grounds so visitors could see the whole piece. The statue was removed from the Mall in 1969 to make way for the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/50">Hirshhorn Museum</a>. Today, it stands on the grounds of the National Portrait Gallery.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
J. Scott Hartley
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1890 (dedicated)
1897 (moved outdoors)
1969 (removed)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1890-1919
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.<a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/npc2007000100/"> View original</a>.
design & monuments
ghost mall
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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Physical Description
Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall.
Dr. Gross is depicted standing wearing a frock coat. In his raised right hand he holds a scalpel. The original inscription on the base of the state read "American physicians have erected this statue to commemorate the great deeds of a man who made such an impress upon American surgery that is has served to dignify American medicine."
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Statues and Sculpture
Ghost Sites
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Title
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Dr. Samuel Gross Statue
Description
An account of the resource
This statue of Dr. Samuel D. Gross was unveiled in May 1897 outside the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/37">National Army Medical Museum and Library</a> on the National Mall. Gross, who died in 1884, was a celebrated surgeon and professor at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He was immortalized in an 1875 painting by Thomas Eakin titled<em> The Gross Clinic</em>. The statue was commissioned by Congress and the Physicians and Surgeons of America and created by Alexander Stirling Calder. In 1970, when the Medical Museum and Library moved off the Mall, the statue was relocated to the campus of Jefferson Medical College.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Alexander Stirling Calder
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
5/5/1897 (dedicated)
1970 (removed)
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
1890-1919
1950-1979
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/npc2007000102/">View original</a>.
design & monuments
ghost mall