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The Story Behind This Sculpture The original cake was specially made for the Mayoral Victory Ball held at Maryborough’s Town Hall to celebrate the end of the First World War. The original photograph was taken from SLQ’s collection of the night on April 29, 1919, in Maryborough. The night’s program featured dancing, music provided by a ‘Naval Band’ and a 30-foot model airship suspended from the ceiling. The main attraction however was the ‘Peace Cake’. The Maryborough Chronicle reported its intricate details: “Messrs Stellmach and Sons, the well-known bakers, were commissioned on short notice to prepare a cake worthy of the occasion, and in fulfilling the order have combined skill and ingenuity, and marked artistic taste, with most pleasing results. The cake stands about 5 feet high (1.5 meters), is approximately 24 inches in diameter (61cms), and weighs from three-quarters to one hundredweight (38 to 51kgs).” The principal sculptor Ms Elizabeth Hersey together with colleague Marni Koster completed the replica cake with the help of local cake decorators and sculptors. Every piece has been painstakingly made by hand, right down to each piping replica. Elizabeth conducted extensive research on the original cake to ensure each embellishment and element is historically correct. Elizabeth specializes in detailed bronze wildlife sculptures, cast in small limited editions. Marni creates free-form and abstract sculptures and has exhibited locally. Source: maryboroughmuralproject.org/1461-2/

Citation: Mennonite Board of Missions Photograph Collection. Mission to Glenwood Springs, Colorado. IV-10-7.2 Box 2 Folder 47, Photo #47. Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen. Goshen, Indiana.

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That's some cake!

Eleanor was always a good sport!! Great image! I'll give your game a try.

The celebration of Franklin Roosevelt's 56th birthday in 1938 was used to support his campaign for a fight against infantile paralysis (poliomyelitis), from which he suffered (although he developed it as an adult). According to NYT, Jan 30, 1930 (subscription required) query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C02E1D71E3EE03AB... there were many balls that Eleanor had to attend in the Washington, DC area, spending just a few minutes at each. Good sport, indeed! Her husband spent the evening at the White House with former aides and campaign staff and made a radio broadcast.

Love that woman