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Gary Staab's "New Heights" sculpture featuring Nebraska's famous sandhill cranes in flight stands outside the Grand Island Public Library in Grand Island, Nebraska

Grand Island · 1850–1939

Gary Staab's "New Heights" sculpture featuring Nebraska's famous sandhill cranes in flight stands outside the Grand Island Public Library in Grand Island, Nebraska, Grand Island, 1850–1939
Gary Staab's "New Heights" sculpture featuring Nebraska's famous sandhill cranes in flight stands outside the Grand Island Public Library in Grand Island, Nebraska, Grand Island, 1850–1939. Libraries — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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