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    		• MacQuarrie, John A.,
     
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    		• Southern Pacific Foundry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Judah, Theodore Dehane
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Architecture -- Bridge
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Sacramento
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Theodore Dehane Judah, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    MacQuarrie, John A., 1871-1944, sculptor.
    Southern Pacific Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Theodore Dehane Judah, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    April 26, 1930. Cast July 1930.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Granite (possibly coated with cement) and brass.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 13 x 14 x 14 ft.
    Inscription: 
    J. Mac Quarrie/S.P. (On right, on brass railroad tie:) J.B. (On plaque on front of monument:) THAT THE WEST MAY REMEMBER/THEODORE DEHANE JUDAH/PIONEER, CIVIL ENGINEER AND TIRELESS ADVOCATE/OF A GREAT TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD/AMERICAS FIRST/THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE MEN AND/WOMEN OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, WHO, IN/1930, WERE CARRYING ON THE WORK HE BEGAN IN 1860./HE CONVINCED FOUR SACRAMENTO MERCHANTS THAT HIS PLAN WAS PRACTICAL AND ENLISTED THEIR HELP. GROUND/WAS BROKEN FOR THE RAILROAD JANUARY 8, 1863./AT THE FOOT OF K STREET, NEARBY/JUDAH DIED NOVEMBER 2, 1863./THE ROAD WAS BUILT PAST THE SITE OF THIS MONUMENT OVER THE LOFTY SIERRA-ALONG/THE LINE OF JUDAH'S SURVEY-TO A JUNCTION/WITH THE UNION PACIFIC AT PROMONTORY, UTAH,/WHERE ON MAY 10, 1869, THE "LAST SPIKE" WAS DRIVEN signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Eight granite rocks. The top rock contains a brass (?) portrait relief of the head of Theodore Dehane Judah. He has a beard and moustache. Beneath the portrait is a brass railroad tie with a stake in either end. Entwined around the tie and circling above the portrait is a brass garland. Carved into the stone behind the portrait is a relief of Sierra trees, a trestle and tunnel, and a mountainside. At the bottom of the monument is a semi-circular stone with a semi-circular plaque on it.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Judah, Theodore Dehane -- Head
    Occupation -- Industry -- Engineering
    Object -- Other -- Wreath
    Architecture -- Bridge
    History -- United States -- Railroad
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Sacramento
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Sacramento, City Parks and Recreation, 1231 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814
    Located Neasham Circle, L & 2nd Streets in Historical Old Sacramento, Sacramento, California
    Remarks: 
    Children climb on the bottom rock of the sculpture.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, Sacramento survey, 1992.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 CA000080
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