Phineas Banning Memorial- Los Angeles, CA - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This statue depicts a young handsome man ready to meet any challenge. (The photos of Banning on Wikipedia aren't as complimentary.)
On the base of the statue are reliefs representing the areas that Banning applied his influence: railroads, mercantile shipping, stagecoaches.
The front panel reads in part:

"Phineas Banning
August 18, 1830 - March 8, 1885
Founder of Wilmington and The Los Angeles Harbor

This Sculpture is Dedicated to the Community of Wilmington
And The Banning Community Center on October 28, 2004..."
A list of City Council memebers and others appear as well as the name of the sculptor...Eugene Daub.

Read more about Banning at (visit link) which informs us that Banning also became a California State Senator.

TITLE: Phineas Banning Memorial ARTIST(S): Eugene Daub DATE: 2004 MEDIUM: Bronze. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 78430006 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: 100 E. Water Street in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: The inventory just mentions that this is a 7 foot "Full-length standing portrait of Phineas Banning". It doesn't mention the reliefs on the base.

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