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893:(The Union League of Philadelphia, 1978), p. 115.
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364:All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors
167:All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors
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863:from Valley Forge National Historical Park.
775:Reverend Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Monument
576:Philadelphia Museum of Art Sculpture Garden
229:Philadelphia Museum of Art Sculpture Garden
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127:Panama–Pacific International Exposition
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861:National Park Service biography
559:, with Captain John D. Howland.
370:, Philadelphia. Relocated from
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949:German Achievements in America
121:. He modeled dozens of busts,
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633:General David McMurtrie Gregg
591:Monument to Confederate Women
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225:John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
16:American sculptor (1863–1955)
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465:Union League of Philadelphia
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109:Union League of Philadelphia
63:Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
1208:Sculptors from Pennsylvania
1128:J. Otto Schweizer at AskArt
1123:J. Otto Schweizer at ArtNet
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688:, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
620:, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
614:Pennsylvania State Memorial
453:(c. 1914), Ziegler's Grove.
422:Pennsylvania State Memorial
411:Pennsylvania State Memorial
400:Pennsylvania State Memorial
304:, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
297:, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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192:, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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302:Pennsylvania State Capitol
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32:Who's Who in Philadelphia,
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610:President Abraham Lincoln
273:Henry Melchior Muhlenberg
92:(1910–11). He was also a
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460:(1919), Emmitsburg Road.
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340:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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446:(c. 1914), Culp's Hill.
288:Long Branch, New Jersey
985:Molly Pitcher Monument
705:Gettysburg Battlefield
701:General Alexander Hays
686:Gettysburg Battlefield
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618:Gettysburg Battlefield
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521:Winfield S. Hancock
514:Phillip H. Sheridan
479:George Gordon Meade
458:Andrew A. Humphreys
437:Burlington, Vermont
372:West Fairmount Park
334:Monument (1920s?),
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30:J. Otto Schweizer,
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