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  • Location: Conservatory Lake Boathouse
  • Description: Tablet affixed to exterior wall
  • Materials: Bronze
  • Dimensions: H: 1'10" W: 2'4"
  • Dedicated: June 2, 1954
  • Donor: Jeanne E. Kerbs
  • Inscription: THIS BOATHOUSE / IS A GIFT FROM / JEANNE E. KERBS / IN MEMORY OF HER
    PARENTS / ALICE HOSCHLADTER KERBS / AND EDWARD A. KERBS / AND OF HER
    LOVE FOR THE / CITY AND ITS PEOPLE / JUNE 2, 1954/

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