Photo: Columbus Memorial Fountain in Front of the Union Station, Washington, D. C.

Photographer: J. J. Prats Postcard Collection
Caption: Columbus Memorial Fountain in Front of the Union Station, Washington, D. C.
Additional Description: Circa 1917 postcard has this caption on back: “The Columbus Memorial Fountain, Washington, D. C., is situated on the Union Station 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 form the background 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 Discovery.’ On the left of the shaft is the figure of an Indian portraying the New World, and on the right side of the figure of a patriarchal Caucasian representing the Old World, while the rear of the shaft carries a medallion representing Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. The extreme ends are flanked by two enormous lions. Dedicated June the 8th 1912. Sculptor, Lorado Taft; Cost 100,000.” Published by W. B. Garrison, Inc., Washington D.C.
Submitted: September 28, 2008, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p37069
File Size: 5.105 Megabytes

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