Dedication of American Green Cross conservation monument, Glendale, 1928
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Glendale, Green Cross, 34.1461506, The American Green Cross conservation monument was restored in Brand Park, Glendale, in 1992., This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, April 24, 1928, "Forest Statue Unveiled, Thousands of School Pupils Take Part in Dedication of Green Cross Monument to Trees", American Green Cross tree conservation monument, figure of standing woman with arms outstretched in front of cross, on broken trees, on pedestal reading, in part, Help Save Our Trees, with model Verlyn Sumner seated on statue waving, American Green Cross president George Barnes and sculptor Frederick Willard Potter standing at base, with crowd in foreground and at left, -118.2350093, Text from newspaper caption: Dedicated to Cause of Conservation. “Help Save Our Trees.” The Green Cross monument showing Verlyn Sumner, who posed for the figure which surmounts the statue, seated on pedestal. Below, in center, is George Barnes, president of American Green Cross. Below at left, looking up, is Frederick Willard Potter, sculptor.