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Title: [Beniamino Bufano fitting mosaic tile on statue of giant owl]
Date Created and/or Issued: 1956
Contributing Institution: San Francisco Public Library
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
Description: Folder: Portraits-Bufano, Beniamino-1956.
Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
On back: "San Francisco's noted sculptor, Beniamino Bufano, is shown inlaying mosaic on a giant owl statue. The statue stands twelve feet high, weighs two tons. It is one of eleven Bufano statues that will be unveiled to the public next Sunday, 2:00 p.m. at the Hillsdale Shopping Center, San Mateo.
Type: image
Extent: 1 photographic print:
Subject: Bufano, Beniamino,, 1898-1970
Portraits--Bufano, Beniamino--1956
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs

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