Collier's New Encyclopedia

A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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VINNIE REAM, an Ameri can sculptor; born in Madison, Wis., Sept. 23, 1847; received an academic education; obtained a government clerkship and turned her attention to sculpture; executed busts of Grant, Sherman, and others and a statue of Lincoln for the National Capitol. Her other works include ideal statues of "Sappho"; "The Spirit of the Carnival"; the heroic statue of Farragut, Washington, and in 1911 she was commissioned to execute a statue of Sequoyah, to represent Oklahoma, for the Hall of Statues at the Capitol. She died in 1914.

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