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I snapped close-up pictures of each one. Click them and they get bigger. I wonder why these particular subjects were chosen, although many of them are obviously arts related. The building was built in 1918.
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Each of the above sculptures have their own buffalo head.
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The building is called the Million Dollar Theater. Here's a Flickr photo-set with good pictures of the building itself. There's a Million Dollar Theater Homepage with some indoor shots. More indoor pictures here. And here's a Wikpedia page which reports the name of the sculptor: Jo Mora. Besides these figurative works there's a lot of very neat decorative sculpture as well.
Million Dollar Tags: Million Dollar Theater. . . sculpture. . . Jo Mora
2 comments :
I was wondering if any of these photos are of the statues behind the current marquee. If you look at photos of the original marquee there are 2 statues. I am looking for a photo that shows their detail. http://www.flickr.com/photos/7294653@N07/5227767493/
Hi Grace - from what I can tell my second picture (the man with the funny round thing on his chest holding a zig-zaggy "harp"?) and fourth picture (the Egyptian-y man with the bird face) are the two sculptures just above the marquee. I found this recent picture of the marquee: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jodisummers/3697059494/in/set-72157621022231438/
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