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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM WASHINGTON. D. C . 20560 June 3, 1966 Mrs . Ann Moses Executive Secretary The Mayor 's Office Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mrs. Moses: Dorothy asked that I contact you directly to save time. The original Hadad may be in East Berlin. From the original, a plaster reproduction was made for the Atlanta Exposition of 1895. At the termination of the Exposition the sculpture was brought to Washington, D. C. and has most recently been on exhibit in the Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Included in our moderization program at the Smithsonian is a new "Hall of Classical Archeology". Hadad was to be displayed in an area where the public could come into contact with the sculpture and we were fearful of vandalism. To avoid vandalism we made a duplicate of our plaster reproduction using strong, durable fib re-glass reinforced plastic. It is the plastic reproduction which we will use -- leavi ng the plaster reproduction for a possib le home in Atlanta. Some additional information that i s interesting is--to our knowledge there is no other reproduction and the original Hadad, housed in the Old Berlin Museum, now in Communist Germany, is believed to have been destroyed during World War II. Communicating face to face can be less than adequate and l etters---but I hope this clarifies "original". Sincerely yours, Widener Exhibits Specialist Museum of Natural History �