[Oe List ...] Iron Man

[Marge Philbrook]

The small statue that we all had in our religious houses was done, I
assume as a copy of the big one, by a person in Phoenix that Phil
knew.  I have the original one of that in my apartment. It is set on a
stone and was copied for the houses by someone who does that kind of
stuff, I think in Wisconsin.  Last year, I found one of the more
recent copies in the archives.  When I gave it to Nino I noticed that
it is bendable, so not made of iron like the first ones were.

I also remember the large prints of the iron man that we used for
summer decor one year and which were printed when Roy Philbrook was in
the print shop on the west side.  That was in 1971 before we moved
printing to 4750 and before we had many small printing presses
in-kinded in 1972.

2009/12/3 W. J. <synergi at yahoo.com>:
> Oops, I think it must have been Summer '67, 'cause in Summer '68 we were
> pretty much in lock-down mode after the riots.
> Marshall
> ________________________________
> From: W. J. <synergi at yahoo.com>
> To: Terry Bergdall <bergdall at gmail.com>
> Cc: oe at wedgeblade.net
> Sent: Wed, December 2, 2009 11:45:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Iron Man
>
> The sculptor was Jean Loomis, wife of Terry Loomis, who created it in the
> summer of 1968, along with the 5th City wall mural (which you can see in the
> 5th City movie) that was painted on the Order's long-gone building on the
> corner of 5th Avenue and Trumbull--the home of the Businessmen's Association
> at one point. I'm sure Jean built the original 'model' (similar to the
> copies Lela presented to Mayor Daley & others) and scaled it up for an
> industrial fabricator to execute. For years the Iron Man 'stood' in the
> patio next to this building. Finally, after we got 5th Avenue closed in
> front of the shopping center, it was moved to its current site. Of course it
> kept getting knocked down by reckless motorists, and then resurrected in
> place, over and over, according to Lela.
> Marshall
> That's my story & I'm stickin' to it, but others may have more to add.
> The Iron Man picture on the cover of ICAI's DVD was shot by Nelson Stover
> during the Living Legacy event timeframe. So it's relatively recent.
> ________________________________
> From: Terry Bergdall <bergdall at gmail.com>
> To: W. J. <synergi at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Wed, December 2, 2009 10:35:55 AM
> Subject: Iron Man
>
> Marshall,
>
> You may have seen that I suggested that the new Directory have a picture of
> the Iron Man statute in Fifth City. This occasioned some people asking
> question about the statute that I cannot answer. Maybe you can help me. Your
> name came to mind as someone who might remember these things.
>
> Some think that a young woman was the artist who created the statue. Is this
> correct? Do you know her name? Do you know how we got the 10 foot statue
> made?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Terry
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