La Grande, Cast Iron Mary 2

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Bibliographic Information

Title

La Grande, Cast Iron Mary 2

Subject

Boys
Children
Girls
Homes
Houses
Indian reservations
Men
Native
Americans
Schoolchildren
Schools
Students
Teachers
Uniforms
Women

Description

"Wreckage of Cast Iron Mary, the temperance statue / drinking fountain located at Fourth and Depot Streets near the Methodist Church in La Grande, Oregon. It was erected in 1904 and demolished April 29, 1922 by a notorious bootlegger in a high-speed chase with police. One of the boys standing near the wreckage has the statue's head in his hands."

Creator

Moorhouse, Major

Date

4/29/1922

Rights

(c)Eastern Oregon University. This image is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Acknowledgement of Eastern Oregon University as a source is required. For print quality images, prints, or high resolution tiff files, or commercial uses please contact the Library Director at Eastern Oregon University.

Identifier

2010.15.00786