["Childhood's Great Adventure": side view]

One of 4 photographs in the series: Storybook Sculpture Project available on this site.

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Photograph of the sculpture "Childhood's Great Adventure," viewed from the side, showing three children in a canoe sprouting from an open book. One of them is pointing forwards, and another stares in that direction with an open mouth. The sculpture is located in Everman Park in Abilene, Texas and is based on the book Santa Calls, by Abilene author and illustrator William Joyce.

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1 photograph : digital, col.

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Belden, Dreanna L. August 7, 2005.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Photographing Texas and was provided by the UNT Libraries to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 285 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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  • Added Title: "Childhood's Great Adventure" by Rick Jackson
  • Main Title: ["Childhood's Great Adventure": side view]
  • Series Title: Storybook Sculpture Project

Description

Photograph of the sculpture "Childhood's Great Adventure," viewed from the side, showing three children in a canoe sprouting from an open book. One of them is pointing forwards, and another stares in that direction with an open mouth. The sculpture is located in Everman Park in Abilene, Texas and is based on the book Santa Calls, by Abilene author and illustrator William Joyce.

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1 photograph : digital, col.

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The sculpture was created by Rick Jackson, December 3, 1996.

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Photographing Texas

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  • August 7, 2005

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  • Aug. 17, 2005, 5:44 p.m.

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  • Aug. 13, 2019, 12:27 p.m.

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  • 32.44967484909635, -99.73448711904905

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Belden, Dreanna L. ["Childhood's Great Adventure": side view], photograph, August 7, 2005; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5271/: accessed November 11, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .

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