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    		• Mims, Ed,
     
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    		• Simmons, Willie,
     
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    		• Supreme Granite Company,
     
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    		• Sweet City Quarries,
     
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    		• Homage -- Anderson, Paul
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Sport
     
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    		• Object -- Toy
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Ceremony -- Festival
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Toccoa
     
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    Paul Anderson Marker, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Mims, Ed, sculptor.
    Simmons, Willie, carver.
    Supreme Granite Company, contractor.
    Sweet City Quarries, contractor.
    Title: 
    Paul Anderson Marker, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 25, 1983.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Royal Blue granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 5 in. x 7 ft. x 7 ft. (16 tons).
    Inscription: 
    (In recessed area on front of sculpture:) PAUL ANDERSON/BIRTHPLACE/912 EAST TUGALO STREET/WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN/LIFTED GREATEST WEIGHT/EVER RAISED BY A HUMAN/BEING: 6270 POUNDS IN/A BACKLIFT. (GUINNESS BOOK/OF WORLD RECORDS)/WEIGHTLIFTING/1956/OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST/SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT/FOUNDER OF/PAUL ANDERSON YOUTH/HOMES FOR HOMELESS AND/TROUBLED TEENAGERS, ARDENT/PATRIOT, AND FREE ENTERPRISE/ADVOCATE./ALL OUR STRENGTHS COME FROM GOD:/TO ACHIEVE-TO EXCEL-TO SUCCEED-/TO SERVE-TO SHARE-TO FORGIVE-/TO LIVE AND DIE-TO GAIN ETERNAL/LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST/ERECTED MAY 25, 1983 signed
    Description: 
    The marker is a tall rectangular block of rough-hewn granite topped by a half-sphere containing a carved flame symbolizing the Olympic flame. The sculpture marks the birthplace of Olympic weight lifter Paul Anderson. On the front of the marker is a recessed inscription panel containing a raised shield adorned with a relief of a weight lifter raising a barbell over his head. The sculpture is mounted on a low base.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Anderson, Paul
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Sport -- Weightlifting
    Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment
    Object -- Other -- Torch
    Ceremony -- Festival -- Olympics
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Toccoa
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Anderson, Paula, 912 East Tugalo Street, Toccoa, Georgia 30577
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was installed by the citizens of Toccoa to honor native son and Olympic gold medalist, Paul Anderson. He won his medal in the super heavyweight weight lifting division in 1956. Upon hearing that Anderson was stricken with Bright's disease and in need of a kidney transplant, friends and community members raised enough money for the transplant and to erect the sculpture marking his birthplace and honoring him. Anderson, who was known as the "World's Strongest Man," set a Guinness Book World Record by lifting 6,270 pounds in a backlift, the greatest weight ever lifted by a human being. He was also the founder of the Paul Anderson Youth Homes for Homeless and Troubled Teenagers.
    The sculpture was designed by Ed Mims and carved by Willie Simmons of the Supreme Granite Company in Elberton, Georgia and Sweet City Quarries. IAS files contain a related article from the Independent-Mail (Toccoa, GA), May 27, 1983, pg. 5A and March 9, 1983; the Atlanta Journal, May 1983, pg. 1A, 20A-21A; and the Graniteer (1983), pg. 4 and 5.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Independent-Mail (Toccoa, GA), May 27, 1983, pg. 5A.
    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 GA000605
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