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"Astronomers Monument"
Photo (detail): Floyd B. Bariscale
 
"Astronomers Monument"
1934
Sculpture, cast concrete
Archibald Garner , designer
Arnold Forester , sculptor
Djey El Djey , sculptor
George Stanley , sculptor
Gordon Newell , sculptor
Roger Noble Burnham , sculptor
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outside main entrance
This is said to be the "most ambitious creation of the PWAP." Shown are astronomers Hipparchus, Copernicus, Galllileo, Kepler, Newton, and Herschel