Institution: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.) / Topic: Sculpture - Detroit Housewives League

Notes:: Old fountain in Fulton park which was taken out in 1926 or about that time. Decorative three-tier fountain in wrought iron(?) with mythic figures and beasts on the ground level. A large basin on a center pedestal comprises the second level, decorated with nymphs. A second smaller basin rises above, with a standing female figure at the top.
Date Created:: 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Display with reflecting pond, surrounded by grass, tulips, and evergreens with statue of armless woman on a pedestal in the rear
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Photograph of a model of a proposed memorial to Capt. Charles E. Belknap showing him with a Boy Scout and a Camp Fire girl. The model was to be considered by the Memorial Committee.
Date Created:: 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: This picture, by M.S. Morris, Herald Staff, was selected by the Black Monument Co. from eight by different photographers. Marble steps lead to a marble bench, on which a bronze of John Ball is seated with a little girl on his right knee and a little boy standing on his other side, encircled by his left arm. Trees are in full foliage. No other structures are visible in the background.
Date Created:: 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Charles Belknap, as an elderly man wearing a military style jacket. The statue is displayed on a pedestal between two framed paintings.
Date Created:: 1931-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Located at the intersection of Fulton St., Division Ave., and Monroe St. Tall, 5-level monument topped by a uniformed Union soldier holding the barrel of a rifle, with the stock on the ground by his feet. Just below the soldier is the lettering “Petersburg.” The next level down is a square pillar with drapery. Below that a plaque with the lettering: “In Honor of the Soldiers From Kent County, 1861-1865, Erected 1885." Below this is a tall square with a battle scene seen in relief, with an angel statue in front of it. The ground level is decorated with patriotic motifs and names of battle locations such as Appomattox, Mobile, Fort Sumter. In the background can be seen the Grand Rapids Press building and part of the Grand Rapids Herald building, with the Michigan Craft Shops Furniture building between the two. The street scene shows a few pedestrians and parked carshttp://www.grpl.org/photocoll?cat=onclick&keynum=98
Date Created:: 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Statue in front of City Hall, after it was regilded. The statue is of a barefoot young woman with a long, curly hair, whose body is lightly draped in a diaphanous material. In her right hand she holds a torch aloft. Her other arm is bent gracefully over her head. She is mounted on a round white pedestal or column of approximately the same height as the statue itself. In the background is the corner of a dark stone building, with a decorative column near the right edge of the image and a large window just to the left of the statue.
Date Created:: 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Rose garden display. A sign reads: "Eli Cross rose Garden," and "Crosses Roses, Retail Store, Monroe Ave." Among the flowers stands a statue of a male balanced on one leg, with what appears to be wings on his head.
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Statue place in Lookout Park. The figure of a soldier stands atop a boulder holding a rifle low across his body with both hands. The plaque in front is pictured in #258. Another plaque on the side of the monument is seen in ¾ view. Since the image appears to be reversed, as a sign saying “Keep off the Monument” is in reverse lettering, the side plaque is unreadable. Parts of two residences can be seen in the background.
Date Created:: 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

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