Mexico - Dallas, TX
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N 32° 46.862 W 096° 45.804
14S E 709470 N 3629226
Located at the center portico of the Automobile Building in Fair Park.
Waymark Code: WM11NJJ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2019
Views: 2
Smithsonian Art Inventory"
Allegorical female figure representing Mexico stands with a snake and an eagle."
Watermelon-Kid.Com"The center statue represents Mexico. Upon her breast is the Mexican eagle perched atop a cactus. Texas was a province of Mexico from 1821 (when Mexico won independence from Spain) until 1836 when Texas settlers revolted against the despotic rule of Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. It was one hundred years of independence from Mexico, not statehood, which the Centennial Exposition commemorated in 1936."
TITLE: Mexico
ARTIST(S): Raoul Josset
DATE: 1936
MEDIUM: Cast Stone
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 63760044
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PHYSICAL LOCATION:
1010 1st Ave, Dallas, TX 75210
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