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Button Salmon, (sculpture). Artist:  Haskin, Donald Marcus, 1920- , sculptor. Desert Crucible Foundry, founder. Title:  Button Salmon, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Button Solomon, (sculpture). Bear Down, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1986. Medium:  Bust: bronze; Base: possibly marble. Dimensions:  Bust: approx. 29 x 35 x 18 in.; Base: approx. 62 x 43 x 43 in. Inscription:  D. Haskin (On lower left shoulder of bust:) Desert Crucible Foundry 1986 (On front of base, incised letters:) TELL THEM./TELL THE TEAM/TO/BEAR DOWN./JOHN BUTTON SALMON/1904 - 1926/IN HONOR OF ALL/WILDCAT LETTERWINNERS (On right side of base:) BEAR DOWN signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A bust of John Button Salmon wearing football shoulder pads. His full, wavy hair falls into rope-like strands. He wears a slight smile and has a strong, wrinkled brow. The bust is mounted on a piece of metal that joins it to a rectangular base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Salmon, John Button -- Bust Occupation -- Sport -- Football Occupation -- Education -- Student Occupation -- Sport -- Baseball Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Tucson Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of Arizona, Intercollegiate Athletics, McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Located University of Arizona, Warren Drive & Enke Drive, Tucson, Arizona Remarks:  The bust portrait of John "Button" Salmon, a former University of Arizona student, was created in honor of all Arizona Wildcat letterwinners. Nearby plaque on southwest side of sculpture reads: "Bear Down" In October 1926, John "Button" Solmon(sic), University of Arizona's student body president, football quarterback and baseball catcher, was fatally injured in an automobile accident. His last words spoken to coach J.F. "Pop" McKale were: "Tell them...Tell the team to bear down." A University memorial service was held for Button and was followed by a funeral procession almost three miles long. A year later the student body voted to make "Bear Down" the official slogan of the U of A athletic teams, and the words were painted on the roof of the new U of A gymnasium which soon became known as Bear Down Gym. In 1952, band director Jack Lee observed Button's rooftop message from an airplane and was inspired to write the music and lyrics to "Bear Down Arizona", which shortly thereafter was adopted as the University of Arizona's fight song. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona, Tucson survey, 1994. 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 AZ000567   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AZ000567 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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