De Witt's guide to central California; an illustrated and descriptive hand-book for tourists and strangers .. . to go to their homes inthe East and elsewhere. TO SAN FRANCISCO. NATIVE SONS OF THE erected at junction o^ GOLDEN WEST FOUNTAIN Market, Turk and Mason Streets, was unveiled Septembers, 1897, by its donor,Hon. James D. Phelan, being dedicated to the NativeSons of the Golden West, to commemorate the admissionof California into theUnion, September theninth, A/nio Doinifii,M D C C C L. It con-sists of a drinkingfountain surmountedby a round shaft ofpure California granitefrom Rocklin, wh
De Witt's guide to central California; an illustrated and descriptive hand-book for tourists and strangers .. . to go to their homes inthe East and elsewhere. TO SAN FRANCISCO. NATIVE SONS OF THE erected at junction o^ GOLDEN WEST FOUNTAIN Market, Turk and Mason Streets, was unveiled Septembers, 1897, by its donor,Hon. James D. Phelan, being dedicated to the NativeSons of the Golden West, to commemorate the admissionof California into theUnion, September theninth, A/nio Doinifii,M D C C C L. It con-sists of a drinkingfountain surmountedby a round shaft ofpure California granitefrom Rocklin, which isbeautiful in its simpli-city of design. In frontof the shaft and facingMarket Street is abronze figure of a min-er with pick uplifted,while in the other handhe floats to the breezean American flag con-taining the new starrepresenting Califor-nia. Standing on thetop of the shaft is anangel with openedbook wherein is re-corded the date of admission. The work was conceivedand executed by Douglass Tilden, a deaf mute, who alsodesigned and executed The Baseball Pitcher a bronzestatue in Golden Gate Park,. Nau ; .-)wHo ..r the WealDrinking Fountain.
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