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    		• Schmid, Rupert,
     
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    		• Kavlet, Charles,
     
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    		• Binder, William,
     
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    		• Reid Brothers,
     
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    		• Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- McKinley, William
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Jose
     
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    McKinley, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Schmid, Rupert, 1864-1932, sculptor.
    Kavlet, Charles, designer.
    Binder, William, architect.
    Reid Brothers, design firm.
    Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.
    Title: 
    McKinley, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    William McKinley Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1902. Dedicated Feb. 21, 1903.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 101 x 60 x 60 in.; Base: approx. 164 x 272 x 276 in.
    Inscription: 
    SCHMID SCULPTURE 1902 The Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co. Founders N. Y. (On base, left:) "LET US REMEMBER/THAT OUR INTEREST IS IN/CONCORD, NOT CONFLICT,/AND THAT OUR REAL/EMINENCE RESTS IN THE/VICTORIES OF PEACE,/NOT THOSE OF WAR."/FROM LAST SPEECH, BUFFALO, SEP. 6, 1901. (On base, right:) "THE CONSTITUTION IS A/SACRED INSTRUMENT; AND/A SACRED TRUST IS GIVEN/TO US TO SEE TO IT THAT/ITS PRESERVATION IN ALL/ITS VIRTUE AND ITS VIGOR/IS PASSED ON TO THE/GENERATIONS YET TO COME."/SPOKEN ON THIS SPOT MAY 13, 1901 (On base, front:) MCKINLEY (On base, rear:) ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY A. D. 1902 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length standing figure of William McKinley wearing a suit, an open overcoat, and holding a top hat in his proper left hand. A shield leans against his proper left foot. The figure stands on a pedestal which stands on a tiered base. Objects near the figure and on the tiered base include a torch supported by the wing of an eagle, a Bible, a Cross, tablets of the Ten Commandments, scythe, cornucopia and a hammer. A Boathowitzer dated 1870 stands on its own tier, and has the inscription, "F.M.R.-USNY Washington 427 lbs. 26 pre N 155.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- McKinley, William -- Full length
    Occupation -- Political -- President
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Dress -- Accessory -- Shield
    Object -- Other -- Torch
    Object -- Other -- Cornucopia
    Object -- Tool -- Hammer
    Object -- Tool -- Scythe
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Jose
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of San Jose, Department of Streets & Parks, 4 North 2nd Street, San Jose, California
    Located St. James Park, San Jose, California
    Remarks: 
    Erected by the citizens of Santa Clara County in memory of William McKinley (1843-1901), the twenty-fifth President of the United States, who spoke of the site in on May 13, 1901. The memorial cost $13,500. Funds were raised through public subscription. Charles Kavlet provided the decorations for the main statue. For further reading see: San Jose Mercury News, Feb. 22, 1903.
    References: 
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CA2006, 1989.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
    Monumental News, June 1903, pg. 365.
    Illustration: 
    Monumental News, June 1903, pg. 365.
    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 CA000560
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