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Title: Capitol Park Memorial to Veterans of the Spanish-American War of 1898
Date Created and/or Issued: 1955
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: This 1955 photograph of Capitol Park shows the Veterans of the Spanish-American War memorial, which abuts the park's trout pond. The memorial, dedicated in 1949 and located just to the east of the Capitol Building, is known as the "Hiker Statue," hiker being a common name for an infantry soldier of the Spanish-American War. A plate at the base of the statue reads "Cuba-USA, Spanish War Veterans, 1898-1902."
Type: image
Identifier: 1784
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/2623
Subject: Fountains
Parks
Capitol Park
Monuments
Spanish-American War, 1898
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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