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Here you can see the Google street view of the Gump statue which overlooks Lake Geneva.


gump
The statue was given to Sidney by the Chicago Trib and it looked over the lake there until his death.


The statue was moved t0 Flatiron Park after his death. It was torn down during a riot in the 60’s but it was fixed.

"keep'em amused and annoyed a little ..."
I had a chance to retrace some of Sidney Smith’s steps this weekend. I’ll be posting pictures from the journey over the week.
We’ll begin with his farm in the tiny town of Shirland, Illinois.

Sidney Smith Home 1930-1935
Sidney is also the creator of the long running one panel ethnic aphorist Ching Chow.

Sidney's spread