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Statue depicting Herman B Wells. Statue is located on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington at Herman B Wells Plaza. The entry to Owen Hall may be seen over the left shoulder of the statue. Within Owen Hall Wells' office has been maintained as he left it, and is occasionally used for meetings.

Photo taken August, 2006 by User:Durin

Rationale; since Herman Wells is no longer alive, new photography can not be created. Any work in existence to depict him is, barring discovery of imagery to the contrary, likely to be copyrighted. Statue is representative of Wells.

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current	17:40, 22 August 2006	1,704×2,272 (1.06 MB)	Durin (Talk \| contribs)	(Statue depicting Herman B Wells. Statue is located on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington at Herman B Wells Plaza. The entry to Owen Hall may be seen over the left shoulder of the statue. Within Owen Hall Wells' office has been mainta)