Thomas Jefferson Scribner - Santa Cruz, CA - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

From the Scribner Family website:

After Thomas Scribner retired, he became a traveling musical saw player of note and a full-time labor movement activist. Because he had been active in the IWW movement, Tom was featured in the film "The Wobblies." Because of his skill as a saw player, he also appeared on recordings with Neil Young and George Harrison. He was a celebrity on several TV documentaries about his saw, including "On the Road" with Charles Kurault.

A biography of Thomas Jefferson Scribner in PDF form can be found online.

A plaque on the base of the sculpture reads:

TOM SCRIBNER 1899 1982 Lumber Jack, Writer, Political Activist Musician, Editor, Humorist Sculpture by Marghe McMahon

TITLE: Thomas Jefferson Scribner ARTIST(S): Marghe McMahon DATE: Dedicated Nov. 12, 1978. Relocated July 1993. Rededicated July 1993 MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA001872 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: in front of 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, California DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None

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