[Sculptor Beniamino Bufano gazing at his Statue of Saint Francis of Assisi after it had been moved to the grounds of the ILWU building at Fisherman's Wharf]

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Local identifier: AAA-9562
Title: [Sculptor Beniamino Bufano gazing at his Statue of Saint Francis of Assisi after it had been moved to the grounds of the ILWU building at Fisherman's Wharf]
Date: 1962 Dec. 31
Issuance: monographic
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Type of Resource: still image
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: b&w.
Form: graphic
Use and Reproduction: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Note: Folder: S.F. Monuments-St. Francis of Assisi.
Newscopy: "'No More to Roam'--'I am glad it's the end of the divine comedy' says Beniamino Bufano as he views his St. Francis of Assisi statue at its new home - and he hopes it is permanent - at the ILWU Memorial Hall in the Fisherman's Wharf area. Thus it appears St. Francis is there to stay. The statue was in a Paris warehouse for 27 years before it was brought to the steps of St. Francis of Assisi Church in North Beach in 1956. It was removed in 1961 when the pastor complained it was blocking the church entrance. Next it was taken to Oakland and installed at Charbroiler until the longshoremen decided the statue should grace the grounds of their hall."
LCSH Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Local subjects: Monuments--St. Francis of Assisi.
Bibliographic Number: .b10046239
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:119607