368. Arthur E. Thomas

1951

Bronze; Plaster

Bas relief: 23 1/2 x 16 in. (59.7 x 40.6 cm); Mold: 26 x 18 x 1 in. (66 x 45.7 x 2.54 cm)

Bas relief portrait in profile of manager of the Des Moines Municipal Airport, Iowa.

Inscription: ARTHUR E. THOMAS / BORN DES MOINES MAY 13, 1900 / MANAGER DES MOINES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT / SINCE AUGUST 5, 1925/ PRESENTED SEPTEMBER 1951 BY A GROUP OF CITIZENS IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS DEVOTED TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE DES MOINES AIRPORT AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL AVIATION; Signed lower left in square: CP

Bas relief: Des Moines Municipal Airport, Des Moines, Iowa. Mold: Charlotte Petersen; Mary Petersen; CPAC, Gift of the Friends of the University Museums. U89.32

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