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    		• M. J. Judge Company,
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher
     
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    		• Occupation -- Transportation
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Italian
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Wilkes Barre
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Christopher Columbus, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    M. J. Judge Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Christopher Columbus, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 10, 1992.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 7 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front:) 1451 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 1506/DONATED BY SONS OF ITALY IN AMERICA FRANCESCO FERRUCCIO LODGE #1397/TO THE CITIZENS OF WILKES-BARRE, PA COMMEMORATING THE QUINCENTENNIAL/(list of names) (On back:) CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WAS BORN IN GENOA ITALY IN 1451/BY AGE 32 HE WAS A MASTER MARINER IN THE PORTUGUESE SERVICE./AFTER A PERIOD OF 8 YEARS KING FERDINAND AND QUEEN ISABELLA/OF SPAIN AGREED TO SPONSOR THE FIRST OF 4 VOYAGES TO THE/NEW WORLD. ON APRIL 30, 1492 COLUMBUS WAS GIVEN THE TITLE/ADMIRAL OF THE SEA AND PROMISED GOVERNOR GENERAL OF ALL/NEW LANDS HE DISCOVERED. COLUMBUS SAILED FROM PALOS, SPAIN/ON AUGUST 3, 1492 WITH 3 SHIPS NINA, PINTA AND SANTA MARIA/OCTOBER 12, 1492 COLUMBUS LANDED ON AN ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS/KNOWN TODAY AS SAN SALVADOR. SAILING IN OCTOBER 1493 FROM/CDIZ, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO WHERE DISCOVERED. CUBA /AND JAMAICA WERE EXPLORED. IN 1494 HONDURAS WAS DISCOVERED./ON HIS 4TH VOYAGE IN 1502 MAROONED IN JAMAICA COLUMBUS WAS/LATER RESCUED AND RETURNED TO SPAIN. HIS VOYAGES MARKED THE/BEGINNING OF AMERICAN HISTORY. THE EXPERIMENT OF DEMOCRACY/AND BECAME A SYMBOL AND HAVEN OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY FOR/PEOPLE THROUGH OUT THE WORLD BECAUSE OF COLUMBUS VISION/AND COURAGE. WE ARE A COUNTRY OF GREATNESS. unsigned
    Description: 
    A portrait of Christopher Columbus holding a globe in his proper right hand and his journal in his proper left hand. He is depicted standing on a dock between two bollards.
    Subject: 
    Occupation -- Other -- Explorer
    Portrait male -- Columbus, Christopher -- Full length
    Occupation -- Transportation -- Navigator
    Ethnic -- Italian
    Object -- Other -- Globe
    Object -- Written Matter
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Wilkes Barre
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Wilkes Barre, Department of Public Works, Parks and Recreation, 40 East Market Street, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania 18711
    Located Public Square, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was a gift of the Sons of Italy in America, Francesco Ferruccio Lodge 1397 of Wilkes Barre, in commemoration of the quincentennial of the Columbus voyage of 1492. The $30,000 cost of the sculpture, its installation, and landscaping was funded by the Sons of Italy lodge. IAS files contain newspaper articles from the Sunday Independent (Wilkes Barre, PA), Sept. 22, 1991; Times Leader (Wilkes Barre, PA), Sept. 24, 1991; and Citizens' Voice, Sept. 29, 1992, pg. 3.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Citizens' Voice, Sept. 29, 1992, pg. 3.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS PA001913
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