THE MARQUETTE BUILDING. Hermon Atkins MacNeil. A Cast of Characters

The Richness and Depth of Hermon Atkins MacNeil's panels at the Marquette Building is easily overlooked. But each is filled with characters, action and detail. Below is the third panel featured here, newly restored and returned to its proper place.
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IN VAIN I SHOWED THE CALUMET +++ TO EXPLAIN THAT WE DID NOT COME AS ENEMIES.
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Look at Father Marquette's Haircut! I have a suspicion that Amy Aldis Bradley may have pulled some strings here (The Building's Developer, Owen Aldis was her brother.). The good father looks a lot like HER sculptural depiction above the elevators in the Marquette's main lobby.

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