The Sunshine Family - Wallace, Idaho
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machard
N 47° 28.680 W 115° 56.010
11T E 580354 N 5258835
Sunshine Mine Happy Family Statue is located at the Visitor Center, with many other mining-related elements.
Waymark Code: WM121Q1
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 02/03/2020
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A miner and his family which consists of a wife, son and daughter. Miner is wearing work clothes; his proper right hand rests on an air drill. Holding his proper left hand is a little girl, who carries a lunch pail in her proper left hand. Behind her and beside the miner is a woman. Her proper right arm is around the miner's waist, and her proper left hand rests on his proper left arm. A boy rides on the miner's shoulders. He holds on to the miner's hard hat with his proper right hand, and in his raised proper left hand holds a small spade.
Overall dimensions are approx. 6 1/2 x 4 x 3 ft.
The inscription on the plaque is as followed:
Presented by
SUNSHINE MINING
COMPANY
Dedicated to Miners and Their
Families Worldwide
With Special Recognition to Coeur d’Alene Mining
District Miners for Their Contributions to
Mining History in the Silver Valley of Idaho
Created by Ken Lonn - 1981
TITLE: The Sunshine Family
ARTIST(S): Ken Lonn
DATE: 1981
MEDIUM: Painted iron and steel
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS ID000051
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Rest area off I-90 in Wallace, Idaho
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Description is good.
Wife is on the Miner's proper left side, holding his left arm and looking at his face with love/pride.
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