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Title: Statues on the Pediment of the State Library and Courts Building
Date Created and/or Issued: 1926
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: In this 1926 photograph New York City sculptor Edward Field Sanford, Jr., analyzes his work on the female Californian within the pediment of the State Library and Courts Building. The materials and labor for both Capitol Extension pediments and four additional granite sculptures, each representing a type of wealth, cost the State 100,000 dollars.
Type: image
Identifier: 793
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/1412
Subject: Art
Sculptures
Libraries
Courthouses
Buildings, Government
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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