Show images imaku As A s vf of A abraham L inc 01 11 k by ELMO SCOTT WATSON I 1 ITH the coming of february 12 42 and the celebration of Lincol ns bt birthday r la in more than halt half of 0 the states of the union and with the observance ot of the anniversary sar Y in various forms throughout the country america will have ample ampi a reason tor 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 ameri ameil cans in every part of the coun country try not on just one day of tho the year but on every day we as a people have elevated 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 stone image of lincoln ga gaze ze down at 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 criter criterion loh then it seems deemi certain that lincoln Is that man for these images of lincoln portraying him in all the varied phases of his career are to be found in 18 states of the union from massachusetts to oregon and from minnesota to kentucky as well as in the district of columbia proof that lie has become a world figure lies in the fact that england has two statues of him and scotland one of those in this country illinois the state which gave him to the nation has the largest number twelve curiously enough kentucky the state of his birth has only three fewer than new jersey new york ohio and pennsylvania none of which have any such special connection with his life indiana where lincoln lived as a boy from his seventh to his twenty first year has only two and both of these were erected very recently one of the two indiana statues Is espee especially lally significant among the many images of lincoln are representatives of him a as the rall splitter the militia captain the lawyer the 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 rind and his maturity and connected with alth the erection of virtually a nil 11 of them wnm some element of public operation cooperation co but it remained for private enterprise to furnish a new sculpture portrait of lincoln and in 1032 the lincoln national life insurance company unveiled in the plaza between the two w wings ings of its building in fort wayne ind a heroic bronze statue of lincoln the booster youth u the work of a leading american sculptor paul manship but this private enterprise has done more in the hip establishment of the lincoln P k fm 4 Z al 1 1 I ar 15 k FIRST LINCOLN STATUE made by lott flannery Pl annery it was unveiled in 1868 and stands in front of the district of columbia court urt house in washington national life foundation under the direction of dr louis A warren a lincoln L scholar and along with the unveiling of the new lincoln statue this foundation issued an important piece of a book bearing the title of heroic statues 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 tills this source the following tabulation of lincoln statues in bronze listing them in the alphabetical order of states and countries in which they are located Is condensed california lincoln the president by halg haig Pati glan located in front of the city hall la in san Francis cos civic center dedicated february 12 1913 D DISTRICT I 1 ST R I 1 CT OF COLUMBIA lincoln the emancipator by thomas ball located in lincoln park washington D C dedicated in 1870 ENGLAND lincoln the president replica of the st gaudens statue in lincoln park chicago located in front of westminster abbey dedicated in 1920 Lin lincoln colp the candidate by 05 george gray barnard replica of the Barnt barnard ird statue in cincinnati located in platt field park in manchester dedicated in 1919 1911 ILLINOIS lincoln the president by au gustus st cardens Gnu Cau dens located in lincoln park chicago dedicated in lincoln tile the Rall splitter by charles J gan located in garfield park chicago Ded dedicated lest in loh 1911 1 tle the emancipator by larkin gold smith bineth mead located on the lincoln tomb k i I 1 i 1 y hl pt j A at A AV pa springfield dedicated in 1874 lincoln the orator by W granville hastings replica of the hastings statue in cincinnati located in bunk bunker er hill dedicated in 1001 lincoln the captain by leonard crunelle located on the site of the old dixon daxon blockhouse in dixon dedicated in 1930 lincoln the debater by leonard crunelle located in park la in freeport dedicated in 1920 lincoln the circuit rider by lorado taft located in carle park in urbana dedicated in 1627 1927 INDIANA lincoln the hoosier booster youth by paul manship Mansh lp located in the plaza of the lincoln national life insurance company building in F fort ort wayne dedicated in 1932 lincoln the president by charles keck located in front of the court house at wabash dedicated in 1932 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 1915 1015 I 1 IOWA 0 W Lin lincoln cIn the orator by W granville t ings it ep lea of the hastings statue in cincinnati cin nati L legated eted before the green county court house in jehenson je ezon dedicated in 1018 lincoln the orator by george E H ganiere Gan lere located in front of the high school in webster city dedicated in 1913 KANSAS lincoln the president by robert merrill merrall 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 lincoln the president by adolph A feln man located at Hodg hodgenville enville dedicated in 1909 lincoln the candidate by george gray barnard replica of the barnard statue in aln cincinnati cin nati located in front of the public library in louisville dedicated in 1922 massachusetts lincoln the E mancI pator by thomas ball replica of the dal ba in washing top D C located in park paris square in boston dedicated in 1879 MICHIGAN lincoln the emancipator by altonso alfonso pelzer replica of the pelzer statue at lincoln N X J located in detroit dedicated la in 1919 lincoln the president by charles JEL ale haus haub located in the public square in muskegon dedicated in 1900 1000 MINNESOTA lincoln the congressman by max ilax bachman located in the G A it circle of the victory memorial drive in minneapolis dedicated in 1930 NE NEBRASKA a 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 in omaha dedicated in 1907 NEW JERSEY lincoln the president dent by francis edwin elwell located in east orange dedicated in 1911 lincoln the statesman by james earle earla fraser located in the plaza at the entrance to west side park in 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 lincoln the orator by henry kirke brown located in union square new york dedicated in ISTO 1870 lincoln the orator by leonard W volk located in rochester dedicated in 1892 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 to in cincinnati dedicated in 1902 1002 lincoln the orator by bi max kalish located in front of the administration building of the school board dedicated in 1931 OREGON lincoln the president Prest dent by george F waters located in the park in front of the masonic Bla sonic temple in portland dedicated in 1928 pennsylvania lincoln the orator by J otto schweizer Sch located in a niche on the side of the pennsylvania state memorial at gettysburg dedicated in 1917 lincoln the emancipator by alfonso pelzer replica 0 og the pelzer statue in lincoln N J located in Win kinsburg dedicated in 1910 1916 SCOTLAND lincoln tho the emancipator by george B E bissell located in the carlton burial ground in edinburgh dedicated in 1893 1993 washington lincoln the president by al A a A M A i sv elji LINCOLN THE PRESIDENT statue by gutzon borglum in newark N J fonso victor lewis located in the business section of spokane dedicated in 1930 another lincoln statue by the same sculptor which was waa dedicated in 1918 stands in tacoma WISCONSIN lincoln the president by george 0 ganiere Gan lere located in burlington dedicated in 1013 lincoln the president by charles charida H we haus replica of the statue in muskegon alch located in kenosha Keu osha dedicated in 1009 1909 lincoln the president by adolph A feln man replica of the weinman statue in hodgen ville ky located in madison dedicated in 1909 long as Is this list it Is not a complete one in that it includes only statues of bronze outstanding among the stone images of lincoln la Is wr Z 1 f L ABRAHAM LINCOLN statue by vinnie ream in tho the rotunda of tho 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 statue of lincoln ever made lott flannery was the sculptor and it was unveiled april 1 10 1868 lust just a little less than three years after assassination washington also has another famous lincoln statue which stands in the rotunda of the capitol it was ladeby 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 tn in the post office department at M COO abear a year to support herself and her father clark mills the sculptor who made the famous rocking horse coraa statue of andrew jackson which stands near the white house discovered her talent and be bar came her instructor in modeling 0 by western News paim 4 w ia w s A A ri |