University of Chicago
| Title | University of Chicago |
| View | Campus and Neighborhood 1:3:16 |
| Series | II: Buildings and Grounds |
| Description | Albin Polasek's bronze statue of a legendary knight of Bohemia's Blanik Mountains stands at the east end of the Midway. Erected in 1949, it memorializes Czechoslovakia's first president and former University of Chicago professor Tomás Garrigue Masaryk. |
| Subject Terms | Masaryk, Tomás Garrigue, 1850-1937 | Equestrian statues | Bronzes (Visual works) | Public sculpture |
| Photographer | Mead, Mildred LaDue, 1910-2001 |
| Photograph Date | 1949 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 24.2 x 19.5 cm |
| Sculptor | Polasek, Albin, 1879-1965 |
| Location | 1130 N. Midway Plaisance | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| Campus Grid | HG02 |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files. Addenda. Mildred Mead Photographs |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf2-09062 |
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