Christopher Columbus Memorial, Union Station Plaza
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Series 104860 On the Union Station Plaza, Washington, designed by Lorado Taft, and erected at a cost of $100,000, consists of a marble fountain, with a statue of Columbus, and figures symbolizing the Spirit of Discovery, the Old World [Caucasian] and New World [Indian]. A globe typifies the new knowledge Columbus gave of the shape of the world, and there are American Eagles and Medallions of Ferdinand and Isabella. |