Splendors of Americas Great Panama Canal Celebration
World noted sculptors create marvellous statuary for the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco 1915. Lead figures include A Stirling Calder Albert Jaegers Furio Piccirrilli Leo Lentelli and others. The works celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal with epic groups and individual pieces destined for arches and court displays.
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Chicago
Exposition Courts
America
A. Stirling Calder
Albert Jaegers
Furio Piccirrilli
Leo Lentelli
Robert I. Aitkin
Adolph A. Weinmann
Isadore Konti
Evelyn Beatrice Longman
Harry Payne Whitney
Douglas Tilden
Gutzen Borglum
H. A. MacNeil
James E. Fraser
Charles C. Rumsey
Haig Patigan
Paul
Panama Canal
Pacific
Panama
San Francisco
A. Jaegers
Tower of Jewels Dominates Panama-Pacific Exposition Entrance
The exposition’s dominant feature is the Tower of Jewels at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco 1915. Standing 430 feet tall with a one acre base, it rises in terraces to a globe-bearing group of figures, flanked by armored horsemen and ocean explorers, with statues and mosaics. Architects Menars Carrere Hastings lead the design.
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Menars, Carrere & Hastings
Buffalo
Exposition City
Albert Jaecers
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