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 Admission Day - San Francisco, CA Posted by:  saopaulo1
N 37° 47.344 W 122° 24.107
10S E 552672 N 4182580
A monument honoring California's admission to the Union. The piece stands on Market St.
Waymark Code: WM7MGM
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2009
Views: 5
From the inventory: "Over-life size female figure of an angel atop a granite shaft holds aloft a book inscribed with the date of California's entry into the union (September 8, 1850). The angel stands erect with her arms held straight above her head, holding the book with both hands. At the shaft's base, a young miner, pick on shoulder, armed with a six-shooter, waves an American flag. The miner holds the pick on his proper right shoulder and holds the flag aloft with his proper left arm. Water fountains (inactive) are located on the right and left sides of the base.
(Front of the base:) "THE UNITY OF OUR/EMPIRE HANGS ON/THE DECISION OF/THIS DAY"/W. H. SEWARD/ON THE ADMISSION/OF CALIFORNIA/U. S. SENATE/1850 (Back of the base:) THIS FOUNTAIN/IS DEDICATED TO/THE NATIVE SONS/OF THE GOLDEN WEST/TO COMMEMORATE/THE ADMISSION/OF CALIFORNIA/INTO THE UNION/SEPTEMBER THE NINTH/ANNO DOMINI/MDCCL"
TITLE: Admission Day
ARTIST(S): Tilden, Douglas, 1860-1935, sculptor. Polk, Willis, 1867-1924, architect. L. De Rome Foundry, founder. N. C. Whyte, founder.
DATE: Dedicated September 5, 1897.
MEDIUM: Bronze statues on a granite base.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 77006452
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Located Market, Post & Montgomery Streets, San Francisco, California
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None
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