Schiller-Goethe Monument Association of Cleveland, Ohio, Photographs 1907-1910

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Schiller-Goethe Monument Association of Cleveland, Ohio, Photographs 1907-1910

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The Schiller-Goethe Monument Association was a society formed in 1905, in Cleveland, Ohio, to establish a monument in honor of Goethe and Schiller in Wade Park. The collection consists of views of the raising and dedication of the monument in Wade Park, Cleveland, Ohio. Included are views of the parade of German societies to the dedication in 1907 and speakers at the dedication ceremony, including Charles W. Lapp, Cleveland's vice-mayor. Also included are later views of the monument.

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Schiller-Goethe Monument Association of Cleveland, Ohio.

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The original Schiller-Goethe Monument is located in Weimar, Germany. The bronze monument depicts German authors Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832) and was designed by Ernst Rietschel in 1857. There are four exact copies of the monument in the United States, including the monument dedicated in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1907. The Schiller-Goethe Monument Association coordinated the fundraising and details for the Cleveland monument, and 65,000 people attended the dedicatio...