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"Fred Smith's Concrete Museum"
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Concrete sculpture museum. Caption on negative jacket reads, "Fred Smith's Concrete Museum. Mr. Smith builds these figures of wooden armature covered with fine-mesh wire and cement in which broken glass fragments are embedded. About 200 are displayed between his barn-workshop and the highway."
September 18, 1961
Vanderbilt, Paul
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Concrete Sculpture
September 18, 1961
Close-up view of one of the many concrete sculptures in "Fred Smith's Concrete Museum."
Flambeau Milling Company Plant
September 18, 1961
View from railroad tracks of the Flambeau Milling Company Plant.
Hemlock Forest
September 18, 1961
Bog-clearing in a stretch of hemlock forest along Highway 13.
Fred Smith's Concrete Park
View of several sculptures in Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
Fred Smith's Concrete Park
1994
Fred Smith's Concrete Park, including folk art pieces depicting people, dogs and a team of horses.
Fred Smith's Concrete Park
View of several sculptures, including depictions of people, angels, and various animals in Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
