Tag: Statuary
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Elegant Stag Poses at Lands End Lookout
Lands End Lookout GGNRA 680 Point Lobos This stag sits in a small seating area at the front entrance to the new Lands End Lookout building. This is a copy of a statue that originally sat in the park across the street, Sutro Heights Park. The two lions that grace the entry to the park,…
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Land’s End – El Cid
Land’s End Palace of the Legion of Honor * El Cid by Anna Huntington This piece is part of the Collection of the Fine Arts Museum. It sits on the lawn in front of the Palace of the Legion of Honor. Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (1043 – July 10, 1099), known as El Cid Campeador…
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Golden Gate Park – William D. McKinneon
Golden Gate Park * Chaplain William D. McKinneon First California US VOL INF 1898-99 Here is an excerpt from “San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park: A Thousand and Seventeen Acres of Stories” “William D. McKinnon taught at Santa Clara University and was chaplain with the First U.S. Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish-American War in the Philippines.…