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Exact location:  Golden Gate Park

Dedication date: 22nd February 1908

Unveiled by:  Miss Lois Calder

Material: Bronze    Foundry: White & DeRome - Oakland

Artist: Melvin Earl Cummings
Born: 1876 (Salt Lake City)
Died: 1936 (San Francisco)
Other Burns related sculpture: none known
Most famous work: After studying in Paris he returned to SF where he created many public statues.  The statue of Burns is one of six of his works in Golden Gate Park 
 
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