Logo for City of Nampa, Idaho, (sculpture).

Logo for City of Nampa, Idaho, (sculpture).

Olson, Stan, sculptor.

Cate, Jim, welder.

Howard Welding, fabricator.

Logo for City of Nampa, Idaho, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: aluminum; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 8 x 10 x 14 ft.; Base: approx. 3 ft. x 9 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft.

Abstract depiction of a family. The father stands holding a baby in his proper left arm. The mother stands to the proper right of the father and has both hands resting of the shoulders of a child who stands in front of both the mother and father. On the proper right side of the mother is a sheaf of grain. To the proper right of the grain are long tubes which lay on separate blocks. These tubes represent the railroad. A semi-circular ray frames the family. The sculpture is the central attraction of a long fountain and is based on the logo for the City of Nampa.

History -- United States -- Idaho

Figure group -- Family

Object -- Foodstuff -- Grain

Architecture -- Industry -- Railroad Yard

Outdoor Sculpture -- Idaho -- Nampa

City of Nampa, Civic Center, 311 3rd Street South, Nampa, Idaho 83651

The water from the fountain represents earlier days when Nampa pioneers dug canals. The aluminum tubes symbolize the railroad which was built in 1883, three years before the Nampa townsite was founded. The family and the sheaves of grain depict represent the social and spiritual values of the Nampa community, and the area's agricultural heritage. The sweeping, circular part of the sculpture represents infinity, reminding the Nampa people of their obligations for the future. The fountain was sponsored by West One Bank.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Idaho survey, 1994.

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