Lorado Taft working on a small model of his proposed Midway statue.

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Title: Lorado Taft working on a small model of his proposed Midway statue. Description: Portrait of sculptor Lorado Taft working on a small model of his proposed Midway statue, the Fountain of Creation, in a room in Chicago, Illinois, 1910. The proposed Fountain of Creation was to stand at the opposite end of the Midway from the Fountain of Time, but was not completed. Statues that were completed and were intended for inclusion in the Fountain of Creation were given eventually to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Date Depicted: 1910 Creator: Chicago Daily News, Inc. Creator Role: photographer Physical Format: glass negatives Copyright Notice: No Known Copyright Credit Line: DN-0055835, Chicago Daily News collection, Chicago History Museum Accession Number: 1960.784 Acquisition Source: Gift of Field Enterprises, Inc. Collection Type: Prints & Photographs - Chicago Daily News Storage Location: Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum Catalog Record ID: 101314 Max Pixels - Width: 6078 Max Pixels - Height: 4959 Help improve this content