Samuel Gompers - Awful Statue - San Antonio, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 29° 25.357 W 098° 29.138
14R E 549893 N 3254919
We're not quite sure why Gompers looks as strange as he does, but there's no doubt that he has an oversized head, no neck, and pipe-like arms and shoulders (He did not have those things in real life). -
Waymark Code: WMPZVK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2015
Views: 6
From Roadside America Website:
In 1982. the AFL-CIO planned to host a National Labor Convention in San Antonio, and wanted to unveil a tribute to Samuel Gompers; the first president of the American Federation of Labor.
The original plan was for a small bust on a pedestal, but local artist Betty Jean Alden instead created a folk-arty full statue of Gompers out of "shellcrete," a mix of shells and sandstone. The city's Fine Arts Commission took one look at the statue and tried to stop it, but the unions had clout with the City Council and got it approved.
Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
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