Administered by City of Wichita Landscape & Forestry Division 455 North Main Wichita Kansas 67202
Located A. Price Woodard Park Wichita Kansas
Date:
1994. Copyrighted 1994
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1994.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 2.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 2.
Image on file.
The Wichita Eagle, June 27, 1994, pg. 8A.
(On right side of woman's skirt:) 1/5 (Symbol) signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A sculpture of a pioneer woman and a young boy. The woman is dressed in a long flowing dress and bonnet; the boy in trousers and a brimmed cap. They are seen walking, the boy standing on the woman's proper left side. The woman's proper left hand holds the young boy's hand in hers; and her proper right hand clutches a Bible to her chest.
Topic:
History--United States--Westward Expansion Search this