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Benjamin F. Ferguson
Dedication of the Ferguson Fountain of the Great Lakes : Chicago, September 9, 1913 : Benjamin F. Ferguson, donor, Lorado Taft, sculptor.

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Title
Benjamin F. Ferguson
Description
From text: "Benjamin Franklin Ferguson, an old and respected business man of Chicago, died April 10, 1905. By his will, after providing certain small bequests to relatives, he committed to the Northern Trust Company … all his estate, real, personal, and mixed, in trust, for certain uses and purposes ... The Trustees of the Art Institute of Chicago are Trustees of the income of the Ferguson sculpture fund. The only completed monument thus far erected is the Ferguson Fountain of the Great Lakes, south of the Art Institute. "
Date
1913  
Type
  • Portraits  
  • Photographs  
File Name
dedicationofferg00lawr_raw_0013.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/dedicationofferg00lawr#page/n11/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:dedicationofferg00lawr
Repository
University of Illinois at Chicago
Subject
  • Business people  
  • Philanthropists  
Coverage-Spatial
Chicago (Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1910-1919  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
Rights
Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
Dedication of the Ferguson Fountain of the Great Lakes : Chicago, September 9, 1913 : Benjamin F. Ferguson, donor, Lorado Taft, sculptor.  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleBenjamin F. Ferguson
DescriptionFrom text: "Benjamin Franklin Ferguson, an old and respected business man of Chicago, died April 10, 1905. By his will, after providing certain small bequests to relatives, he committed to the Northern Trust Company … all his estate, real, personal, and mixed, in trust, for certain uses and purposes ... The Trustees of the Art Institute of Chicago are Trustees of the income of the Ferguson sculpture fund. The only completed monument thus far erected is the Ferguson Fountain of the Great Lakes, south of the Art Institute. "
Date1913  
Type
  • Portraits  
  • Photographs  
File Namededicationofferg00lawr_raw_0013.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/dedicationofferg00lawr#page/n11/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:dedicationofferg00lawr
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Subject
  • Business people  
  • Philanthropists  
Coverage-SpatialChicago (Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1910-1919  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
RightsImages in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book TitleDedication of the Ferguson Fountain of the Great Lakes : Chicago, September 9, 1913 : Benjamin F. Ferguson, donor, Lorado Taft, sculptor.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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