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  • Location: Central ParkZoo; Willard T.C. Johnson Penguin Building, northeast façade
  • Sculptor: Frederick George Richard Roth
  • Architect: Aymar Embury II
  • Description: Bas-relief in three continuous sections
  • Materials: Indiana limestone
  • Cast: 1935
  • Dedicated: 1935
  • Inscription: [signed] F•G•R•ROTH

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