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Reception following the unveiling of "God on the Rainbow" (Gud Fader PÃ¥ HimmelsbÃ¥gan) - Based on a 1946 sketch by Carl Milles for a peace monument intended for the United Nations Building in New York, Fredericks’ enlargement now stands at the…

Marshall Fredericks shakes hands with the King of Sweden while receiving a medal at an event celebrating the dedication of "God on the Rainbow" (Gud Fader På Himmelsbågan).

King Olav of Norway confers upon Marshall Fredericks the Knighthood of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, First Class.

Marshall Fredericks shows an unidentified man drawings in the greenhouse studio.

The idea to create a memorial honoring Henry Ford took root in 1948 when the Dearborn, Michigan Chamber of Commerce conducted a poll of Dearborn residents and learned that most of the populace favored such a proposal. The Dearborn Chamber of Commerce…

The erection of The Spirit of Detroit at the City-County Building (now Coleman A. Young Municipal Center) in 1958 marked the formal completion of the structure whose construction began in 1951. Located in front of a white marble wall at the entrance…

Setup for "Photographic Exhibition" at Kingswood School - Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1979.

Mrs. Dorothy (Honey) Arbury studied with Fredericks when she attended Kingswood School at the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 1930s. She met him through her uncle, Alden B. Dow, a prominent architect in Midland,…

Plasteline model for one of sixteen fiberglass polyester resin laminate reliefs for the Ford Rotunda, Dearborn, Michigan depicting industries related to the manufacture of automobiles.

The sixteen reliefs won the Gold Medal in Sculpture from the…