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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

Building Name: All Saints Episcopal Church

Studio Name: Lamb (J. and R.) Co.

City: Detroit

Window Shape: 6 (gothic arched, more than 2 vertical sections)

Subject/Title of Window: Agriculture, Engineering, Finance

Brief Description of Subject: Third of three windows located in the north aisle. Each window consists of three lancets which are headed by a symbol of a profession and then three noted people from that profession.

Left Lancet: Agriculture
Luther Burbank (1849 - 1926) agriculturist that created varieties of fruit and flowers.
John Deere (1804 - 1886) blacksmith that developed the first steel plow.
George Washington Carver (c.1864 - 1943) agricultural scientist that developed many uses for the peanut, and founded the Tuskegee Institute.

Middle Lancet: Engineering
Wilbur (1867 - 1912) and Orville Wright (1871 - 1943) brothers that owned a bicycle shop and in their spare time developed the airplane. At Kitty Hawk in 1903, they flew the first powered, sustained, and controlled flight of an airplane.
Robert Fulton (1766 - 1815) developed the first practical steamboat. Named the "Clermont," It traveled on the Hudson River from New York to Albany and back.
Lee de Forest (1873 - 1961) pioneer in radio technology.

Right Lancet: Finance
Alexander Hamilton (c.1756 - 1804) one of the writers of the Federalist Papers, and credited with founding the nation's financial system, including the central bank. He served on the Board of Trustees of Columbia University.
Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919) Steel magnate who became the richest man in America. He then turned to philanthropy. Most noted for the libraries and theaters he had built across the country.
Joseph L. Hudson (1846 - 1912) merchant who built the J.L. Hudson Department Store.

At the bottom right of this window is the information that this window was made by the J. & L. Studios, and designed by Katherine Lamb Tait, the head designer at that studio.

Below the window are plaques identifying the donors.
Left Lancet: no plaque
Middle Lancet: "In memorium Ethel May Bricker the gift of the Mary-Martha Guild."
Right Lancet: "In Memorium William Baxter Johnson, Adelaide Rawson Johnston the gift of Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Andrews."

Inscriptions: Luther Burbank
John Deere
George Washington Carver
Wilbur Orville Wright Kitty Hawk 1903
Robert Fulton
Lee de Forest
Alexander Hamilton
Andrew Carnegie
Joseph Hudson


Height: 80"

Width: 80"

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