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The Illinois Centennial Monument..
1918, Commissisoned by the B.F.Ferguson Monument Fund..
to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Illinois Statehood.
Design by Henry Bacon
Relief by Evelyn Beatrice Longman
The eagle, is in reference to the state flag. Reliefs surrounding the base depict figures of Native Americans, explorers, farmers and laborers intended to show the great changes experienced during the state's first century.
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A Photographer's woes..
I could manage detail photograhs of reliefs on the right side of the monument, but not on the left side, as a family was sitting there. I could not ask them to move and so.. a missed opportunity!
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Of particular interest to me was the representation of Native Indians. He is said to be the Indian chief Hiawatha.
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