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Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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The Tree of Life sculpture, commonly referred to as the “People Tree”, is the symbol of Columbia, Maryland. The People Tree is located next to The Rouse Company headquarters (the large building in the background) along the bank of Lake Kittamaqundi. The 30 foot sculpture was created in 1967 by French artist Pierre du Fayet. The Columbia community consists of ten self-contained villages which were established in the late 1960s by The Rouse Company development firm headed by James Rouse.

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http://www.columbiamaryland.com/othernam.htm

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-05-08/news/9113004882_1_columbia-association-tree-of-life-spirit-of-columbia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Maryland

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

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Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

Tree of Life; People Tree; Columbia, Maryland; public sculpture; James Rouse; Lake Kittamaqundi;

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