GOOD MORNING! silver columbus
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Jay Mulberry
Nov 25, 2019, 5:26:01 AM11/25/19
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Inside the mammoth Liberal Arts building at the World's Fair of 1893 dozens of companies showed off their wares.
Among them was the Gorham Manufacturing Company with a priceless display of silver and gold objects cast, most likely, in their Rhode Island headquarters.
My attention was caught by an article in the Hyde Park Historical Society newsletter that noted in passing that for the Fair Gorham made a stature of Columbus from 30,000 ounces of silver(!). (The article, by Robert Sideman, is about the Wallace Fountain on the Point [the one with the baby deer] that was also cast by Gorham. here)
My attention was caught by an article in the Hyde Park Historical Society newsletter that noted in passing that for the Fair Gorham made a stature of Columbus from 30,000 ounces of silver(!). (The article, by Robert Sideman, is about the Wallace Fountain on the Point [the one with the baby deer] that was also cast by Gorham. here)
More information can be found here.
The Liberal Arts building.
Same statue cast at the same time in bronze.
It stands in Providence, RI.
Same statue redecorated to modern tastes.
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