Prototype of a proposed monument to John Eliot at the Bacon Free Library in South Natick

Prototype of a proposed monument to John Eliot at the Bacon Free Library in South Natick

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Title:
Prototype of a proposed monument to John Eliot at the Bacon Free Library in South Natick
Date:
[1860–1999]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Film negatives
Location:
Morse Institute Library
Collection (local):
Town of Natick Historical Photographs
Subjects:
Monuments & memorials
Missionaries
Eliot, John, 1604-1690
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Natick
Extent:
1 photograph : film negative ; sheet 18 x 13 cm (5 x 7 format)
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Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Additional information from accompanying materials: Early History. “...Made by John Rogers for Dr. Ellsworth Eliot of New York City, who presented it to Eliot Church South Natick, on July 5, 1901. According to Chetwood Smith, the American authority on John Rogers, this was the only statue ever cast from this mould. It is on exhibit in the South Natick Historical Society Museum...” from The Story off Natick by Natick Federal Savings and Loan Association, John S. M. Glidden, President, 1948.
One of two existing prototypes of a proposed monument to Eliot ... other believed to be in Washington, D. C. , source unknown.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
ICollection dated: 19th & 20th cent.
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
200-08-0079