Show images of abraham lincoln coln by ELMO SCOTT WATSON 1 r ITH the coming of 0 february 12 and the celebration of Lincol ns birthday in more than halt half of the states of the union and with the observance of the anniversary in various forms throughout the country america will have ample reason for remembering the name and fame of one of her greatest sons but there Is another form of remembrance of abraham lincoln which serves to recall him to his fellow amerl cans in eiery part of the country not on just one day of the year but on every day we ile as a people have eleNa elevated ted lincoln to a pedestal in the spiritual sense a pedestal of love and honor and reverence so from many a pedestal in the physical sense does the bronze or tone mone image of lincoln gaze down at tile the people who delight thus to honor him while it would be idle to argue as to who was the greatest american if the number of statues of him that have been erected Is any criterion then it certain that lincoln Is that man for these images of lincoln portraying him in all the varied phases of his career tire are to be found in IS 18 states of the union from massachusetts to oregon and frow from minnesota to kentucky as well ell as in the district of columbia proof that bi he has become a noreil lips lies in the fact that england has two statues of lihn him and scotland one of those in this his country illinois the lie state which gave him to the nation lias has the largest number twelve curiously enough kentucky tile the state of his birth has only three fewer than new jersey new york ohio and PennsY hanla none of which have any anny suc such h caal connection with his life indiana where lincoln lived as a boy from ills his seventh I 1 to D his twenty first year has only two find both of theto these were nere erected very recently one of the two indiana statues Is especially significant among the many images of lincoln are representatives of him as the rall splitter the militia captain the lawyer the congressman congressman the circuit rider the debater the candidate for president the president elect the president the emancipator and the orator all of them show him in his early manhood and hla his maturity and connected with the erection of virtually all of them was some element of public operation cooperation co but it remained tor for private enterprise to furnish a new sculpture portrait of lincoln and in 1932 the lincoln national life insurance company unveiled in the plaza beti between the two wings of its building in fort wayne lad ind a berol le bronze statue of lincoln the hoosier youth the work of a leading american sculptor paul manship Uan ship cut but this private enterprise has done more in the establishment of the lincoln J 14 1 t t FIRST LINCOLN STATUE made by lott flannery it was unveiled in 1868 and stands in front of the district of columbia court house in washington national life foundation under the direction of dr louis A warren a lincoln scholar and along with the unveiling of the new lincoln statue this foundation issued an important piece of Linco LIncoln lulana lana a book bearing the title of heroic statues to in bronze of abraham lincoln by franklin B mead this compilation illustrated with photographs shows that there have been erected no less than 54 such statues and gives interesting data concerning the location dates of dedication names of the sculptors facts about their careers etc from this source the following tabulation of lincoln statues in bronze listing them in the a alphabetical order of states and countries in which Is condensed they are located california lincoln t the lie president by halg haig located in front of the city ha hall 11 in civic center dedicated gebru san gan Francis cos ary lr 12 STRICT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA lincoln the emancipator by thomas ball located in lincoln park Wl washington lington D C dedicated in 1876 ENGLAND lincoln the president replica of st gaudens statue in lincoln park chicago the located in front of westminster abbey bedl bated lincoln in in fobe 1020 the candidate by george gray bar of the barnard statue in cincin nard rep lica nati 1 located to in platt field park in manchester dedicated in 1019 ILLINOIS lincoln the president by angustus st gaudens located in lincoln part park dedicated in chicago by charles J multi lincoln the Rall splitter de Ded icat gao gan sed located in garfield park chicago ed d ill lnla lincoln 1911 the emancipator by larkin lark in gold cold lincoln tomb amith tn beai mead located on the f t tj j az N WV f T dedicated in 1874 lincoln the orator by W granville hastings replies replica of the hastings statue in cincinnati located in bunker dedicated in 1904 1901 L lincoln the captain by leonard crunelle located on the site of 0 the old dixon blockhouse in dixon daxon dedicated in 1030 lincoln the debater by leonard crunelle Cr unella located in park in freeport dedicated in 1029 lincoln the circuit rider by lorado tatt taft located in carlo carle park in urbana dedicated in 1027 1927 INDIANA lincoln the hoosier youth by paul manship Mansh lp located in the plaza of the lincoln national lite life insurance company building in fort wayne dedicated in 1932 lincoln the president by charles keck located in front of the court house at wabash dedicated in if 1032 IDAHO lincoln the emancipator by altonso alfonso pelzer replica of the pelzer statue at lincoln N J located in front of lincoln hall at the idaho soldiers home boise dedicated february 12 1015 1915 IOWA Lib lincoln coln the orator by W granville hastings replica of the hastings statue in cincinnati cinn cin nati located before the green county court house in jefferson dedicated in 1918 lincoln the orator by george E ganiere Gan lere located in front of the high school in webster city dedicated in 1913 KANSAS lincoln the president by robert merrill gage located on the statehouse grounds topeka dedicated february 12 1918 KENTUCKY lincoln the president by adolph A weinman Wel located in the rotunda of the statehouse at frankfort dedicated in 1911 1011 lincoln the president by adolph A feln man located at hodgenville Hodg enville dedicated in 1909 lincoln the candidate by george gray cray barnard replica of the barnard statue in cincinnati cin nati located in front of the public library in louisville dedicated in 1922 massachusetts lincoln the emancipator by thomas ball replica of the ball statue in washington D C located in park square in boston dedicated in 1879 MICHIGAN lincoln the emancipator by altonso alfonso pelzer replica of the pelzer statue at lincoln N J located in detroit dedicated in 1919 lincoln the president by charles II 11 located in the public square in muskegon dedicated in 1900 1000 MINNESOTA lincoln the congressman by max bachman located in the G A R circle of the victory memorial drive in minneapolis dedicated in 1930 N NEBRASKA BRASKA lincoln the orator by daniel chester french located on the state capitol grounds at lincoln dedicated in 1922 1022 lincoln the lawyer by franz located on the high school lawn lano lan o in omaha dedicated in 1907 NEW JERSEY lincoln the president by francis edwin elwell located to in east orange dedicated in 1911 lincoln the statesman by james earle fraser located in the plaza at the entrance to west side park in n jersey city dedicated in 1931 lincoln the president by gutzon borglum located on the plaza before the essex county court house in newark dedicated in 1911 NEW YORK lincoln the emancipator by henry kirke brown located in prospect park brooklyn dedicated in 1809 1869 lincoln the orator by henry kirke brown located in union square new york dedicated la in 1870 lincoln the orator by leonard W volk located in rochester dedicated in 1892 1802 OHIO lincoln the candidate by george gray barnard located in lytle park cincinnati dedicated in 1917 lincoln the orator by W granville hastings located on the grounds of the avondale school in cincinnati dedicated in 1902 lincoln the orator by max kalish kalash located in front of the administration building of the school board dedicated in 1031 OREGON lincoln the president by george V F waters located in the park in front of the masonic temple in portland dedicated in 1023 1928 pennsylvania lincoln the orator by J otto located to in a niche on the side of the pennsylvania state memorial at gettysburg dedicated in 1917 lincoln the emancipator by alfonso pelzer replica of the pelzer statue in lincoln N J located in Win kinsburg dedicated in 1010 1910 SCOTLAND lincoln the emancipator by george 13 1 3 bissell Bl ssell located in the carlton burial ground in edinburgh dedicated in 1893 1803 washington lincoln the president by al we LINCOLN THE PRESIDENT statue by gutzon borglum in newark N J fonso anso victor lewis located in the business section of spokane dedicated in 1930 1910 another lincoln statue by the same sculptor which was dedicated la in 1918 1018 stands in tacoma WISCONSIN lincoln the president by george B E ganiere Gan lere located in burlington dedicated in 1913 2013 lincoln the president by charles IL ale haus replica of the statue in muskegon mich located in kenosha Keu Keli osha dedicated in 1909 lincoln the president by adol adolph P h A wein man replica of the weinman stat statue ue in hodgen ville ky located in dedicated in 1009 long as Is this list it Is not a complete one in that it includes only statues of 0 bronze outstanding among the stone ston e images of 0 lincoln la Is ar A j ABRAHAM LINCOLN status statue by vinnie ream in the rotunda of the capitol at washington the magnificent figure created by daniel chester french which helps so much to make the lincoln memorial in washington the splendid and awe inspiring edifice that it Is then there Is also in washington the first brat statue of lincoln ever made lott flannery was the sculptor and it was unveiled april 10 1868 just a little less than three years after Lincol ns assassination washington also has another fatuous famous lincoln statue which stands stand in the rotunda of the capitol it as made by vinnie ream a twenty two year old girl from wisconsin who went to washington to study art and took a position as a copyist in the post office department at GOO a year to support herself and her father dark clark mills hills the sculptor who made the famous rocking horse horsa statue of andrew jackson which stands near nea r the white house discovered her talent and be t came her instructor in modeling 0 by warn eiloo |