Volume 11 , Issue 35

Northwestern's Abe Lincoln Statue

A reader wrote in and asked about the two kids climbing on the Abe Lincoln statue at Northwestern. The photo on the left had a hand-written date of 1920 on the backside.

The two boys standing on the Abe statue on the Northwestern State Normal campus are Bob McGill (left, about 4 years of age) and Gene McGill (right, about 6 years of age.

I just love the hats and outfits and shoes they are wearing, don't you.

Rod asks, "The photo with the two kids on the statue of Abe Lincoln clearly indicates that it was taken prior to the construction of Herod Hall, since the ?Old Science Hall? (now the Fine Arts Building) can be seen in the background.

"My question is this: was the Lincoln statue moved to make room for Herod Hall? It?s difficult to tell from the photo ? but some would argue that this old photo shows ?Honest Abe? sitting closer to the Old Science Hall back then compared to his present distance from the Fine Arts Building. (The only thing certain is that the Science Hall was not moved).

"Another question: Do you have the names of the two kids climbing on the statue?"
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