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Columbus Memorial Fountain in Front of Union Station, Washington, D. C.
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The Columbus Memorial Fountain, Wash-
ington, D. C., is situated on the Union Sta-
tion Plaza. It is semi-circular in form,
seventy feet wide and sixty-five feet deep.
A shaft forty-five feet high surmounted by a
globe borne by four eagles forms the back-
ground for the statue of Columbus, who is
represented as standing on the prow of a
ship, the figure-head of which is a beautiful
female figure typifying "The Spirit of Dis-
covery." On the left of the shaft is the
figure
of an
of an Indian portraying the
World, and on the right side the figure of a
patriarchal Caucasian representing the Old
World, while the rear of the shaft carries a
medalion representing Ferdinand and Isa-
bella of Spain. The extreme ends are
flanked by two enormous lions. Dedicated
June the 8th, 1912. Sculptor, Lorado Taft;
Cost, $100,000.
Pub. by W. B. Garrison, Inc., Washington, D. C.
No. 1499
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