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Sculptor:
Rood, John 1902-1974  Search this
Medium:
Concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Hamline University Hewitt & Snelling St. Paul Minnesota
Located Hamline University Bridgman Court St. Paul Minnesota
Date:
1953
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993.
Image on file.
(Incised at top left:) BRIDGMAN COURT/COMMEMORATES/ONE HUNDRED YEARS/OF/HAMLINE UNIVERSITY/AND/IS IN MEMORY OF/GEORGE HENRY BRIDGMAN/1841-1931/AND MARY ELLIOT BRIDGMAN/1853-1938 (Incised at middle left:) TOGETHER/THEY LABORED HERE/FOR TWENTY-NINE YEARS/THAT THIS INSTITUTION/MIGHT PROSPER/AND/THAT ITS STUDENTS/MIGHT BE EQUIPPED/TO LEAD/FULL AND USEFUL LIVES unsigned
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Summary:
A wall depicts the history of Hamline University in relief and text. Relief images are primarily figures engaged in student and University activities.
Topic:
Architecture--Detail--Wall  Search this
Allegory--Place--Hamline University  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Education  Search this
Homage--Bridgman  Search this
Control number:
IAS MN000101
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_321615