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California Statues (page 11)

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Luther Burbank
Sebastopol, CA
 Firefighter
Sebastopol, CA
Both of these sculptures were created by Patrick Amiot.

The Luther Burbank sculpture was installed in 2016. Burbank was a botanist who had an experimental plant farm in Sebastopol named the Gold Ridge Farm. This sculpture is installed on the site. For more, see this website. [map]

The Firefighter sculpture was created by Amiot in 2017. It was installed in front of the Graton Fire Department in 2021. [map]

Modjeska Shakespeare
Silverado, CA
The Modjeska Shakespeare statue from the 1940s was saved from a junkyard and installed in front of a residence. It is dressed as different characters every year. In 2024, the statue was dressed as Bigfoot. For more, see this website. [map]

Toy Soldiers
Stockton, CA		 Storyland Inn [gone]
Fresno, CA		 Toy Soldiers with Drums
Torrance, CA
These Toy Soldiers were designed by Ad-Art and installed at the Magic Village toy store in San Jose around 1974. They are about 25 feet tall. The toy store closed around 1981. The Soldiers were moved back to Ad-Art in Stockton and faced Highway 99. In 2001, they were donated to the Children's Museum of Stockton. The fiberglass statues were restored and installed outside the museum in 2002. The red statue originally held a rifle on his shoulder. The horn-blowing blue soldier has been given a dark skin tone. The yellow statue at the back of the building in the weeds originally held a drum. For more, see this website. [map]

The Storyland Inn was built in 1942 but probably went by a different name originally. It was most likely given the name after the Rotary Storyland & Playland opened in 1962. The amusement park is about one mile away. These toy soldier statues are probably from the 1960s as well. There was at least one other soldier further back on the motel property. I believe there were four statues altogether. The motel had been closed and surrounded with chain link fencing since 2009. I believe it was demolished in 2016. Two of the statues were donated to Storyland Park where they will be displayed. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

These Toy Soldiers with Drums, with a cannon stationed between them, stand on the roof of a law office. In 2021, the cannon and a knight were installed there. By 2022, the knight was gone and the Toy Soldiers were there. [map]

Wat Dhammararam Buddhist Temple
Stockton, CA
The Wat Dhammararam Buddhist Temple opened in the early 1980s and has more than 90 statues. I believe all or most of the them were created by Monk Tita Kong and depict the life of Buddha. [map]

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