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Photographer: Courtesy:: Ginger L. Drenning
Taken: September 5, 2012
Caption: Photo from Marker
Additional Description: Text reads:
Adolph Weinman at work on his seated Lincoln piece in his studio, ca. 1909 / J.H. (James H.) Hare, photographer, ... - ... Courtesy of the Adolph A. Weinman papers, 1890-1959. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

The bronze seated Lincoln statue before you was created by Adolph A. Weinman as a part of the 1909 Abraham Lincoln Centennial commemoration efforts. The Lincoln Monument Commission, chaired by Otis M. Mather, was responsible for leading these efforts. The project funding was a result of appropriations from the Kentucky General Assembly and the Congress of the United States and was supplemented by many local donations. The statue was officially dedicated on May 31, 1909. Weinman also created the Lincoln statue which now stands in the capitol rotunda in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Submitted: October 6, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p222136
File Size: 0.929 Megabytes

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