"End of the Trail" by James Earle Fraser. PPIE Real Photo Postcard 21. 1915 Pan-Pacific Expo, San Francisco
The "End of the Trail" was created as a tribute to the American Indian by James Earle Fraser (1876-1953) when only 17. His twice life-sized plaster replica gained world fame at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California. The first bronze casting of the statue was commissioned by industrialist Clarence Addison Shaler and presented to his hometown, Waupun, Wisconsin. Dedication was June 23, 1929. It is still located in Shaler Park in Waupun and was placed in the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
"End of the Trail" by James Earle Fraser. PPIE Real Photo Postcard 21. 1915 Pan-Pacific Expo, San Francisco
The "End of the Trail" was created as a tribute to the American Indian by James Earle Fraser (1876-1953) when only 17. His twice life-sized plaster replica gained world fame at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California. The first bronze casting of the statue was commissioned by industrialist Clarence Addison Shaler and presented to his hometown, Waupun, Wisconsin. Dedication was June 23, 1929. It is still located in Shaler Park in Waupun and was placed in the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior.