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- Description:
- Impression Five museum director Ellen Sprouls talks about the historic buildings of downtown Lansing, with a focus on sculptural details, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- The view from the rear of the Plaza One Building is to the south. One of several scupltures behind buildings facing Washington Avenue South.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing City Planning Division Photographs
- Description:
- Students work in several different mediums in an art class at Walter French Junior High School.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Guest speaker George Graff speaks about landmarks in the Lansing area such as sculpture, cemetery markers, and historic monuments, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- The Austin Blair statue in front of the Michigan state capitol building. Note on sleeve: "No. 83. Nov. 21, 1898. Snap shot S. Large stop. Opr. Hattie."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lawrence Family Collection
- Description:
- VHS tape containing the documentary "Sculptor Marshall Fredericks," produced by the City of Southfield's Municipal Cable Division In the film, Fredericks explains his career and explains in detail several of his significant works. The video begins with shots in downtown Detroit and other locations gradually emphasizing the public works of Marshall Fredericks, including the pylons along the Veterans Memorial Building's plaza, the Siberian Ram in the Renaissance Center's Detroit People Mover station, the Henry Ford Memorial, Flying Pterodactyls outside of the Detroit Zoo's Holden Museum of Living Reptiles, and the facade of the Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building. Marshall Fredericks himself then first appears to talk about the goals of his work. After a shots of several more works, Frederick is shown overseeing the installation of versions of his Harlequins in the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum sculpture garden. Fredericks then talks about his youth and the beginning of his career, including the influence of Carl Milles, and his time teaching at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He discusses his service in the Army Corps of Engineers and the Air Force during World War II. He is then shown working on a clay sculpture of Lord Byron in his studio. The first piece he discusses in detail is the Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain, which he characterizes as his first major job. He talks about the design and meaning of the piece. He then discusses his work on the Veterans Memorial Building's Victory Eagle and exterior pylon relief. This section includes footage from the building's dedication in 1947. A clip from a 1959 television interview introduces a brief segment on the Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building. Fredericks also covers his relief Family Protected by Healing Herbs on the side of Royal Oak's Beaumont Hospital. He also talks about the Ford Empire sculpture in the lobby of The Henry and Edsel Ford Memorial Auditorium. In a greenhouse-like studio, he talks about sculpting the Friendly Dragon for the Meijer Gardens beside the work. He shows the study model from which he works and talks about the sculpting process. He discusses designing the work with children in mind and compares it to The Boy and Bear at Northland Center. In a section featuring clips from the 1959 film "The Spirit of Detroit" (2015.007.033), Fredericks discusses the statue's meaning and design, as well as the Norway studio where he worked on it. He then covers his Christ on the Cross, made for the Indian River Catholic Shrine. His explanation of the piece is accompanied by footage from the installation and dedication of the piece. Past footage also accompanies his recount of working on the Fountain of Eternal Life in Cleveland. Both its 1964 installation and dedication, as well as its 1992 re-dedication following a construction project are shown. In the film's conclusion Fredericks discusses his feelings toward signing his work and about the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum. The film ends after a series of shots of several of his works--the Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain, The Thinker at the Cranbrook Museum of Art, Rackham Memorial Building, the Veterans Memorial Building, the Boy and Bear at Northland Center, Ford Empire in Ford Auditorium, the Lion at the Mouse at Eastland Center, the Spirit of Detroit, Christ on the Cross, the Alvan Macauley Memorial in Elmwood Cemetery, The Gazelle in Southfield Civic Center, the Fountain of Eternal Life, the Friendly Dragon, the Siberian Ram in the People Mover station, Two Bears outside the Sterling Heights Public Library, the Henry Ford Memorial in Dearborn, Flying Pterodactyls at the Detroit Zoo, Family Protected by Healing Herbs at Beaumont, Persephone at the Cranbrook Greek Theatre, the Saints and Sinners Fountain at Oakland University, the McMorran Clock and Fountain in Port Huron, Man and the Expanding University outside the State Department in Washington D.C. and Freedom of the Human Spirit in Birmingham.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Statue of Stevens Mason, first governor of Michigan, was created in 1908 by Albert Weinger and stands in Capitol Park in Detroit.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1930-05-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Woman leans over and examines a sculptural representation of a concentration camp.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Kneeling figure, holding symbols of auto industry and surrounded by filigree ornamentation, by Corrado Parducci. "Corrado Giuseppe Parducci – he preferred “Joe” – was born in 1900, one of 13 children, he came from Buti, a small mountain village near the River Arno, about 10 miles east of Pisa in Italy, Joe arrived in New York with his father when he was four ... during the 1920s, Joe was the busiest architectural sculptor in Detroit, literally dominating the Motor City, after leaving his mark on such Downtown fixtures as the Penobscot, Buhl and Guardian Buildings, the building boom ground to a halt with the arrival of the Great Depression in October 1929," from Detroit Water & Sewerage Department website.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1981-11-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
