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| Title | August Werner sculpting clay maquette of Leif Erikson statue, ca. 1960-1962 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1960-1962 |
| Notes | PH Coll 708.6 |
| Contextual Notes | August Werner (1893-1980) was a professor in the School of Music at the University of Washington from 1931 to 1965. Werner was also an artist. Two of his sculptures located in Seattle are a bust of Beethoven at the University of Washington and a cast-bronze statue of the Norse explorer, Leif Erikson, presented to the Port of Seattle by the Leif Erikson League on Norway Day, June 17, 1962, at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Sculptors--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Werner, August, 1893-1980; Leiv Eiriksson, d. ca. 1020--Statues |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Society and Culture Collection
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| Order Number | SOC1680
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collection Division |
| Repository Collection | August Werner Photograph Collection. Ph Coll 708 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanner 1000x at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2010 |
