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Tag: M. Earl Cummings

  • Carl G. Larsen. Chickens to Jet Fighters

    Larsen Park 19th Avenue at Ulloa Sunset District This plaque can be found on the corner of 19th Avenue and Ulloa.  The plaque was done  by  M. Earl Cummings in 1913 of Carl G. Larsen. Cummings has appeared prominently in this website for the many sculptures he has done around town. “In the late 1800s, many…

  • Golden Gate Park – John McClaren

    Golden Gate Park Rhododendron Grove John McLaren, Supervisor of Golden Gate Park from 1890 until his death in 1943, detested statues. He hated them with such a passion that he defied the City authorities and persisted in his lifelong crusade to keep Golden Gate Park statue-free. It is fitting, then, that for his efforts McLaren…

  • Golden Gate Park – Doughboy

    Golden Gate Park JFK Drive   Heroes Redwood Grove This grove is dedicated to the memory of the members of the San Francisco Parlors, Native sons of the Golden West who gave their lives in the World’s War I and II. The meadow adjacent to this grove and the Doughboy Statue with laurel wreath are…

  • Golden Gate Park – Rideout Memorial Fountain

    Golden Gate Park Music Concourse Rideout Memorial Fountain  The Rideout Memorial Fountain – 1924 * This area was developed for the Midwinter Fair’s Grand Court of Honor. The grounds were sculpted from sand dunes by men using horse-drawn sleds. The fountain, dedicated in 1924, was made possible with a $10,000 gift from Corrine Rideout. Corrine…

  • Golden Gate Park – Robert Burns

    Golden Gate Park * * The Plaque reads:Robert Burns 1759-1796To a Mountain Daisy 1786 Wee, modest crimson-tipped flow’r, Thou’s met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem: To spare thee now is past my pow’r, Thou bonie gem. This plaque donated by the Caledonian Club of San…

  • Golden Gate Park – Turtle Sun Dial

    Golden Gate Park In front of the de Young Museum * This sundial by Melvin Earl Cummings was named by the North American Sundial Society ‘Navigator’s Dial’ because on the dial face there are the images of three explorers of the California coastline. The memorial sun dial was given to San Francisco by the California…

  • Golden Gate Park – Pool of Enchantment

    Golden Gate Park * * * This is the Pool of Enchantment, it sat between the two circular stairway entries to the old de Young Museum. The pool is now on the east side of the entryway. The Pool of Enchantment actually preceded the Museum by a few years. Donor Marie Becker, widow of banker Bernard…

  • North Beach- Marini Plaza

    North Beach Marini Plaza These are the bears of Marini Plaza at Powell Street.  It once was a lone corner of Washington Park.   Frank Marini (1862-1952) is mentioned often in Alessandro Baccari’s book, “Saints Peter and Paul: ‘The Italian Cathedral’ of the West, 1884-1984.” Marini was a major civic benefactor, participating in the work…