0622a_MM_Henry_Clay_Mon_WPA_Scan_1939_1941_RG2920J

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In Folder: Division of Community Service- Writers' Project, Photos Monuments Memorials Items (0595-0634), 1937-1941

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0622a_MM_Henry_Clay_Mon_WPA_Scan_1939_1941_RG2920J

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title: "The Henry Clay Monument, Lexington Cemetery," Photo 0622, undated

creator: United States. Division of Community Service- Writers' Project

contributor: United States. Works Project Administration in Kentucky

date: 1939-1941

description: "The Henry Clay Monument, Lexington Cemetery," Photo 0622, undated- scannedBlack and white photograph showing a pointed obelisk monument with a figure at the top. It is resting on a stone, square mausoleum. In a note attached to the image it reads "The Henry Clay Monument Lexington Cemetery. The Cornerstone was laid July 4, 1857. The original statue surmounting the shaft was the work of John Hailey, of Frankfort, from a mold of Joel T. Hart. It was unveiled July 4, 1861. Lightning mutilated the statue, July 22, 1903. The second replica of the first, is the work of Charles J. Mulligan."

subject: Monuments

subject: Memorials

subject: Historic sites

subject: Photographs

type: Image

identifier: MM0622_M0047-A1992-464-RG2920J

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