Administered by City and County of San Francisco San Francisco Arts Commission 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240 San Francisco California 94102
Located Market, Post & Montgomery Streets San Francisco California
Date:
Dedicated September 5, 1897
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1992.
San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 6, 1897.
San Francisco Chronicle, May 27, 1988.
San Francisco Examiner, May 27, 1988.
Image on file.
San Francisco Chronicle, May 27, 1988.
(Front of the base:) "THE UNITY OF OUR/EMPIRE HANGS ON/THE DECISION OF/THIS DAY"/W. H. SEWARD/ON THE ADMISSION/OF CALIFORNIA/U. S. SENATE/1850 (Back of the base:) THIS FOUNTAIN/IS DEDICATED TO/THE NATIVE SONS/OF THE GOLDEN WEST/TO COMMEMORATE/THE ADMISSION/OF CALIFORNIA/INTO THE UNION/SEPTEMBER THE NINTH/ANNO DOMINI/MDCCL
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Summary:
"Over-life size female figure of an angel atop a granite shaft holds aloft a book inscribed with the date of California's entry into the union (September 8, 1850). The angel stands erect with her arms held straight above her head, holding the book with both hands. At the shaft's base, a young miner, pick on shoulder, armed with a six-shooter, waves an American flag. The miner holds the pick on his proper right shoulder and holds the flag aloft with his proper left arm. Water fountains (inactive) are located on the right and left sides of the base."
