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Obverse: Marshall Fredericks' portrait of Henry Ford. Text "Henry Ford Memorial Dearborn Michigan". Reverse: Ford Empire by Marshall Fredericks with text " 'Education is the Greatest Force in Civilization, Quotation from Henry Ford 1863-1947"

Henry Ford, portrait statue from
Henry Ford Memorial, 1975
Plaster originals

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.052

Frederick's design for the Henry Ford memorial at the Dearborn Public Library across Michigan Avenue from Ford…

Tag says this base is for "Henry Ford with cracked tie".

Plaster blank for Henry Ford Memorial. Attached are paper sketches for each of the four sculptures that hang on the wall.

One of 4 reliefs for the Ford Memorial. This one is "Childhood" and is a plaster mother mold with rubber inner mold.

Henry Ford Memorial section Ford Cars, rubber mold with no plaster mother mold.

Model of the Ford Auditorium Rotunda. Made form cardboard and formed in a circle with a drawing of the Ford Empire sculpture inside.

Plaster and rubber mold with metal supports on the back of the mold. A plaster positive has been poured into this mold.

Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold depicting the Ford Empire section of the four reliefs.

Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold for the Formative Years relief for the Henry Ford Memorial.