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The Pioneer Mother

Eugene, Italy

The Pioneer Mother

The Pioneer Mother is a sculpture formerly located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon. Burt Barker donated the six-foot-tall bronze sculpture, created by artist Alexander Phimister Proctor, to the university. Barker's daughter, Barbara Barker, introduced the sculpture to a public g

athering of hundreds on May 7, 1932, during Junior Week and Mother's Day festivities.

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