Balto models for memorial
"Famous dog hero to be modeled for New York. Balto, the dog who brought serum and a blinded master into Nome, Alaska, in a raging blizzard, and whose efforts stopped the scourge of diptheria, is to be modeled in a panel relief by G. R. Roth, famous sculptor. The Municipal Art Society has approp...
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| Language: | English |
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Cleveland Memory Project
1925
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| Online Access: | http://cdm16814.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/press/id/219 |
| Summary: | "Famous dog hero to be modeled for New York. Balto, the dog who brought serum and a blinded master into Nome, Alaska, in a raging blizzard, and whose efforts stopped the scourge of diptheria, is to be modeled in a panel relief by G. R. Roth, famous sculptor. The Municipal Art Society has appropriated $7,000 for the panel which will be placed in Central Park as a memorial. Photo shows Balto in the arms Gunnar Kasson, his driver and personal friend, giving the panel the dog "once-over,'' and Mrs. Roth.--photo verso. |
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