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The Pioneers by James Earle Fraser, 1928
Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: November 4, 2012
Caption: The Pioneers by James Earle Fraser, 1928
Additional Description: “This relief depicts early settler John Kinzie, a fur trader, who purchased his log cabin in 1804 from Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable while leading a group through the wilderness. An allegorical classical female figure floats above the more boldly carved figure group. This relief is one of four installed on the Michigan Avenue bridge pylons.” — SIRIS
Submitted: November 6, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p368441
File Size: 1.355 Megabytes

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