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Title
Lytle
Park
-
Abraham
Lincoln
statue
Subject
Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati
Monuments & memorials--United States--1900-1940
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Statues
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
Caption
reads
: "
Photograph
by
WPA
Photographer
,
Federal
Project
Number
One
.
(Writers')
.
Lytle
Park
.
Statue
of
Abraham
Lincoln
, in
Lytle
Park
,
Cincinnati
.
Facing
the
corner
of
East
Fourth
and
Lawrence
Streets
, this
statue
was
modeled
in
bronze
by
George
Grey
Barnard
, and was
presented
to the
City
of
Cincinnati
by
Mr
. and
Mrs
.
Charles
P
.
Taft
,
March
31
,
1917
. From
left
to
right
in the
background
is
the
Anna
Louise
Inn
, a
residential
hotel-home
for
young
women
; the
Marine
Memorial
,
which
bears
the
names
of
fifty-four
Cincinnati
Marines
who
fell
during
the
World
War
; and the
Michael
Mullen
Memorial
Band-Stand
,
erected
in
1935
by
friends
of this
popular
former
councilman
and
civic
leader.
"
Lytle
Park
is
2.3
acres
and
bounded
by
Fourth
Street
and
Lawrence
Street
in
downtown
Cincinnati
.
It
is
the
original
site
of the
home
of
General
William
Henry
Lytle
, the
first
Surveyor
General
of the
State
of
Ohio
. A
15
foot
bronze
statue
of
Abraham
Lincoln
,
donated
by
Mr
. and
Mrs
.
Charles
Phelps
Taft
stands
in the
park
,
which
initially
caused
a
storm
of
critical
controversy
with its
realism
.
Concerts
are
often
given
at the
Michael
Mullen
memorial
bandstand
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
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Type
StillImage
File Name
SA1039AV_B09F10_031_1.tif
Image Height
4741
Image Width
6014
File Size
85565480 Bytes
Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
picture
Date created
2010-04-27
Date modified
2010-06-17
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