Uploads from BFS Man, tagged statue, with geodata

Bronze Homage to Bill Mauldin

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:15:44 -0700

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My wife and I found this sculpture at the Shidoni sculpture foundry near Santa Fe during our 2009 vacation there. It is a representation of an editorial cartoon Bill Mauldin published in the military publication "Stars and Stripes" during World War II. You can see Mauldin's name near the bottom of the sculpture.

Mauldin was a New Mexico native, and Charles Schulz often referred to him in the Peanuts comic strip, when Snoopy would 'go to Bill Mauldin's house to quaff a few root beers', generally on Memorial Day or some other national holiday. Schulz was a WWII veteran and had a lot of respect for Mauldin.

In this particular cartoon, an old cavalry sergeant doesn't know what to do with this mechanical contraption, so he does the same thing he would do to a horse that broken its leg, namely, put it out of its presumed misery.

Sam Houston Points Toward the Enemy

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Mon, 27 May 2013 17:54:20 -0700

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This is the statue of Sam Houston in Hermann Park in Houston, TX

Sculpture at Sky City Cultural Center

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:53:34 -0800

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The Sky City Cultural Center is where tourists obtain passes to go up to the Acoma Pueblo's city on the mesa. The Center has a small museum, a gift shop, and a cafe. A few Indian artists are usually there selling their wares, as well. This sculpture is at the rear entrance to the Cultural Center.

St. Francis Statue in Santa Fe

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:07:19 -0700

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Going through the archives looking for things that might benefit from reprocessing. This is a photo of the statue of St. Francis of Assisi in front of the Santa Fe cathedral, taken on our vacation to New Mexico in 2009.

Sully

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:40:53 -0700

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Statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross in front of the Academic Building on the campus of Texas A&M

He Marched Through Georgia

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:49:31 -0700

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A bust of Civil War General William T. Sherman, one of the sculptures on display at the St. Gaudens National Historic Site near Cornish, NH

Gilded Angel

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:49:32 -0700

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One of the sculptures on display at the St. Gaudens National Historic Site near Cornish, NH

Seated Lincoln

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:49:30 -0700

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One of the sculptures on display at the St. Gaudens National Historic Site near Cornish, NH

St. Gaudens' The Pilgrim

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:55:19 -0700

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Sculpture at the St. Gaudens National Historic Site at Cornish, NH

Harborside Statue and Elissa

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:00:32 -0700

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The statue of a young man on Harborside Drive in Galveston with the mainmast of the sailing ship Elissa

Something to Chew On

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:20:32 -0800

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Statue beside the harbor in Galveston, TX, on the day of Mardi Gras. Apparently, somebody threw him something.

1900 Statue

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:20:47 -0800

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Bronze statue dedicated to the memory of the 1900 storm in Galveston.

Black Kettle

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:44:44 -0800

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The juxtaposition of the flag with this sculpture of an Indian made me think of Black Kettle, who was a Southern Cheyenne Indian chief. Black Kettle's people were camped on the Sand Creek Reservation in southeast Colorado in 1864 when a group of Colorado militia men attacked them. Black Kettle had often counseled peace with the white men and flew an American flag from his tipi. The soldiers attacked in spite of the flag and killed as many as 150 of Black Kettle's people. Black Kettle himself escaped across the creek, only to be killed a few years later in the Battle of the Washita River in Oklahoma.

Spirit Warrior

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:45:13 -0800

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Heroic statue of an Indian warrior in front of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe

Bronze Lovers

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:44:40 -0800

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Bronze statue in the yard of an art gallery on Canyon Road in Santa Fe

Still Drumming Up The Mountain Spirits

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:45:03 -0800

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Statue of an Indian with a drum at the side of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe

Drummer Man

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:45:08 -0800

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Statue of an Indian with a drum at the side of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe

Welcome to Buffalo Thunder

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:21:25 -0800

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Bronze statue of an Indian warrior near the entrance to the Buffalo Thunder Hilton Resort Hotel in Pojoaque, NM.

Jacki in Burro Alley

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:40:15 -0800

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My wife examines some sculpture in a little side street in Santa Fe.

On the Lookout

nobody@flickr.com (BFS Man) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:42:26 -0800

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Cigar store Indian near the Menger Hotel