(05-18-2025 11:35 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  David got it as he is within 5. You were sure close Michael. Kudos, David.

The answer to this question was in Ed Steers' speech at the Surratt Conference in 2021.

(05-19-2025 02:42 PM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  

(05-18-2025 11:35 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  David got it as he is within 5. You were sure close Michael. Kudos, David.

The answer to this question was in Ed Steers' speech at the Surratt Conference in 2021.

So what was the exact number that Ed gave?

On the worldwide map of Lincoln sculptures that Dave Wiegers and I have created, we identify 37 Lincoln sculptures (statues, busts, reliefs) outside of the US. There are a couple more that we are aware of as possibilities but we have not been able to confirm.

For a link to the map and to view answers to some related frequently asked questions, you can visit this web page:

https://dbwiegers.zenfolio.com/lincoln-sculpture-map

(05-20-2025 08:48 AM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  Great job! You put a lot of work and skill into this project.

I checked one location. It was Hawaii. It was an excellent statue of Abraham Lincoln as a frontiersman - rugged young man with a long-handled axe in his hands, wearing boots, and ready to chop trees not far from Decatur, Illinois where I was born and raised.

It would be interesting to learn the reason this period in his life was the chosen subject. The statue was sculpted and dedicated during World War II.

Title: Lincoln, The Frontiersman
Sculptor: Avard T. Fairbanks
Location: Ewa Public School
Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Dedicated/Displayed: 2/12/1944

(05-21-2025 09:59 AM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  

(05-20-2025 08:48 AM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  Title: Lincoln, The Frontiersman
Sculptor: Avard T. Fairbanks
Location: Ewa Public School
Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Dedicated/Displayed: 2/12/1944

More on the Fairbanks statue in Hawaii per your request:

In 1939, Katherine Burke, a former teacher and principal made a bequest to the Ewa Plantation school for the construction of a Lincoln statue. The money available was small and several sculptors declined due to this. Avard Fairbanks was contacted and was interested in spite of the small budget. The idea of Lincoln as a youth captured his attention when he considered that the benefactor was a school teacher who desired to inspire her students.

The idea of the young frontier Lincoln with ax in hand came to Fairbanks as he was clearing trees and stumps on his recently deceased father’s farm. . . . From an article in the Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association: “The concept of a young Lincoln, figure in action, for a school in a relatively young territory in the Pacific, a frontier, was received with enthusiasm.”

From a newspaper article announcing the dedication of the statue:
“The statue cast in bronze is of a youthful Lincoln…a stalwart and capable worker, a symbol of physical strength as well as spiritual.” “The base upon which is the statue is placed is of rainbow granite. In ancient days the symbol of the rainbow was given to Noah that there should never again be such a deluge as the flood on the face of the earth.”

(05-21-2025 10:51 AM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  In my research online, I saw some photographs of the sculptor Avard T. Fairbanks at work. He used stick figures at size to sculp the position of body parts and other portions of the prospective sculpture. Do you know if that is a common practice among sculptors?

(05-21-2025 01:28 PM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  Apparently, Fairbanks completed a bust of Lincoln on a 1963 episode of the Ed Sullivan Show (and used that technique). On that same episode, Hal Holbrook portrayed Lincoln. I have been trying to find that full episode online to view, but as of yet, I have had no luck.

Any suggestions on where to find it would be appreciated!

(05-21-2025 03:08 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  I Googled and found this information:

Sculptor Avard Tennyson Fairbanks works on a clay model of Abe Lincoln's head throughout show. Rate. Ed Sullivan in The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). S16.E21 .


The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series 1948–1971) - Episode ...

IMDb
https://www.imdb.com › title › episodes

(05-22-2025 07:37 AM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  

(05-21-2025 03:08 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  I Googled and found this information:

Sculptor Avard Tennyson Fairbanks works on a clay model of Abe Lincoln's head throughout show. Rate. Ed Sullivan in The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). S16.E21 .


The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series 1948–1971) - Episode ...

IMDb
https://www.imdb.com › title › episodes

Yeah, that is the information I have. Except the correct episode is Season 16 episode 20 (not 21). It originally aired 10 February 1963.

I can find info on the episode, I just can't find a place that has the full episode for viewing. Most of the streaming services only have "highlight" episodes like when the Beatles appeared and so forth. Hard to find just a regular, single episode.