Douglas Tilden: Monument Sculptor - Revision history

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	''Photos: Chris Carlsson''		''Photos: Chris Carlsson''

	Consequently Tilden's '''California Volunteers''' (honoring the men who subdued a [[SAN FRANCISCO'S ROLE IN THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES\|Philippine war of independence]] in the wake of the Spanish-American war, 1898-1903) was one of the first pieces of art erected in the aftermath of the quake. Originally facing south from the middle of Van Ness, today it still stands at Market on Dolores.		Consequently Tilden's '''California Volunteers''' (honoring the men who subdued a [[SAN FRANCISCO'S ROLE IN THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES\|Philippine war of independence]] in the wake of the Spanish-American war, 1898-1903) was one of the first pieces of art erected in the aftermath of the quake. Originally [[Van Ness, Market and 11th Streets\|facing south from the middle of Van Ness]], today it still stands at Market on Dolores.

	Tilden continued to thrive as a teacher and artist for some years, but met with misfortune as his marriage dissolved, his commissions dried up and he was forced to give up his studio of 20 years. Nonetheless Tilden persevered and was rejuvenated by a stint in Hollywood in the 20s designing sculpted dinosaurs for educational films. He returned to San Francisco to teach and continued working on sculptures until his death on August 4, 1935.		Tilden continued to thrive as a teacher and artist for some years, but met with misfortune as his marriage dissolved, his commissions dried up and he was forced to give up his studio of 20 years. Nonetheless Tilden persevered and was rejuvenated by a stint in Hollywood in the 20s designing sculpted dinosaurs for educational films. He returned to San Francisco to teach and continued working on sculptures until his death on August 4, 1935.

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	''by Noa Jones''		''by Noa Jones, 1997''

	[[Image:Market and Battery c 1919 View east on Market Street from Battery. Mechanics Monument at center. Board of Trade Building. 6-Line and J-Line streetcars wnp14.12739.jpg\|800px]]		[[Image:Market and Battery c 1919 View east on Market Street from Battery. Mechanics Monument at center. Board of Trade Building. 6-Line and J-Line streetcars wnp14.12739.jpg\|800px]]
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	Will it take another leveling earthquake for people to notice Tilden's contribution to the city by the bay?		Will it take another leveling earthquake for people to notice Tilden's contribution to the city by the bay?

	~~--''Noa Jones, 1997 ''~~

	Douglas Tilden's letters and other memorabilia are collected in the archives of the Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley. Mildred Albronda authored a book about his life and works '''Douglas Tilden: The Man and His Legacy''''''' (Emerald Point Press, 1994).		''Douglas Tilden's letters and other memorabilia are collected in the archives of the Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley. Mildred Albronda authored a book about his life and works '''Douglas Tilden: The Man and His Legacy''''''' (Emerald Point Press, 1994).''

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	''by Noa Jones''		''by Noa Jones''

			[[Image:Market and Battery c 1919 View east on Market Street from Battery. Mechanics Monument at center. Board of Trade Building. 6-Line and J-Line streetcars wnp14.12739.jpg\|800px]]

			'''Market and Battery, c. 1919, Douglas Tilden's Mechanics Monument at center of intersection.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.12739''

	[[Image:Art1$mechanics-1906.jpg]]		[[Image:Art1$mechanics-1906.jpg]]

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	'''The Mechanics Statue by Douglas Tilden in the ruins of downtown following the 1906 earthquake and fire.'''<br>''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''		'''The Mechanics Statue by Douglas Tilden in the ruins of downtown following the 1906 earthquake and fire.'''<br>''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''

	Douglas Tilden, San Francisco's Father of Sculpture, was a skilled and lucky man who lived in a glorious age. Today, the quality and the significance of his commissions is mostly lost on the crowds of tourists who rush past his most notable public works on their way to hot dog carts and jangling tour trolleys.		Douglas Tilden, [[Sculptor Douglas Tilden Was California’s Finest\|San Francisco's Father of Sculpture]], was a skilled and lucky man who lived in a glorious age. Today, the quality and the significance of his commissions is mostly lost on the crowds of tourists who rush past his most notable public works on their way to hot dog carts and jangling tour trolleys.

	Tilden died never hearing a trolley or a cart -- or a horse, for that matter -- as he was robbed of his hearing at age four by an undiagnosed infection. But the man had a will of granite, and after graduating with honors from the newly created California School for the Deaf (or the Society for the Instruction and Maintenance of the Deaf, Dumb and the Blind, as it was then called), Tilden took off to New York City. It was September 1887. Men were living like wolves in the hills of California, sniffing for gold under every rock. But Tilden donned a fine suit and stepped right over the Rockies, entering the urban world of the east.		Tilden died never hearing a trolley or a cart -- or a horse, for that matter -- as he was robbed of his hearing at age four by an undiagnosed infection. But the man had a will of granite, and after graduating with honors from the newly created California School for the Deaf (or the Society for the Instruction and Maintenance of the Deaf, Dumb and the Blind, as it was then called), Tilden took off to New York City. It was September 1887. Men were living like wolves in the hills of California, sniffing for gold under every rock. But Tilden donned a fine suit and stepped right over the Rockies, entering the urban world of the east.

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	''~~Photo~~: Chris Carlsson''		[[Image:California-Volunteers 20180613 190802.jpg]]

			'''California Volunteers'''

			''Photos: Chris Carlsson''

	Consequently Tilden's '''California Volunteers''' (honoring the men who subdued a [[SAN FRANCISCO'S ROLE IN THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES\|Philippine war of independence]] in the wake of the Spanish-American war, 1898-1903) was one of the first pieces of art erected in the aftermath of the quake. Originally facing south from the middle of Van Ness, today it still stands at Market on Dolores.		Consequently Tilden's '''California Volunteers''' (honoring the men who subdued a [[SAN FRANCISCO'S ROLE IN THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES\|Philippine war of independence]] in the wake of the Spanish-American war, 1898-1903) was one of the first pieces of art erected in the aftermath of the quake. Originally facing south from the middle of Van Ness, today it still stands at Market on Dolores.

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	Tilden returned to San Francisco in 1894 with a renewed love of the city. Due to a railroad strike, he just missed seeing San Francisco in the glory of the [[The 1894 Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park\|California Midwinter International Exposition]] in Golden Gate Park. But his timing couldn't have been better: San Francisco was still buzzing with pride, and financed myriad beautification projects around the city. The trend was to honor heroic accomplishments of the past, be they mythological, historical, or flat-out fanciful.		Tilden returned to San Francisco in 1894 with a renewed love of the city. Due to a railroad strike, he just missed seeing San Francisco in the glory of the [[The 1894 Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park\|California Midwinter International Exposition]] in Golden Gate Park. But his timing couldn't have been better: San Francisco was still buzzing with pride, and financed myriad beautification projects around the city. The trend was to honor heroic accomplishments of the past, be they mythological, historical, or flat-out fanciful.

	[[Image:~~Tlden~~-~~Midwinter~~-~~Fair-grape-pressing 20170207 101019~~.jpg]]		[[Image:basebnew$tilden_s-baseball-player.jpg]]

	'''~~Grape pressing~~, ~~a monument dedicated to the Midwinter Fair in 1894.~~'''		'''Douglas Tilden's 1899 statue of a baseball player, Golden Gate Park '''

	''Photo: Chris Carlsson''		''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

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	Tilden returned to San Francisco in 1894 with a renewed love of the city. Due to a railroad strike, he just missed seeing San Francisco in the glory of the [[The 1894 Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park\|California Midwinter International Exposition]] in Golden Gate Park. But his timing couldn't have been better: San Francisco was still buzzing with pride, and financed myriad beautification projects around the city. The trend was to honor heroic accomplishments of the past, be they mythological, historical, or flat-out fanciful.		Tilden returned to San Francisco in 1894 with a renewed love of the city. Due to a railroad strike, he just missed seeing San Francisco in the glory of the [[The 1894 Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park\|California Midwinter International Exposition]] in Golden Gate Park. But his timing couldn't have been better: San Francisco was still buzzing with pride, and financed myriad beautification projects around the city. The trend was to honor heroic accomplishments of the past, be they mythological, historical, or flat-out fanciful.

			[[Image:Tlden-Midwinter-Fair-grape-pressing 20170207 101019.jpg]]

			'''Grape pressing, a monument dedicated to the Midwinter Fair in 1894.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

	Now a celebrity, Tilden judged beauty contests, won essay contests, wrote menacing letters to the editors of the ''San Francisco Examiner'', and lobbied heavily for the rights of deaf citizens of San Francisco. He also married Elizabeth Delano Cole, and the couple immediately set about bearing children.		Now a celebrity, Tilden judged beauty contests, won essay contests, wrote menacing letters to the editors of the ''San Francisco Examiner'', and lobbied heavily for the rights of deaf citizens of San Francisco. He also married Elizabeth Delano Cole, and the couple immediately set about bearing children.

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	'''The Mechanics Statue by Douglas Tilden in the ruins of downtown following the 1906 earthquake and fire.'''<br>''Photo: ~~Bancroft~~ Library~~, Berkeley, CA~~''		'''The Mechanics Statue by Douglas Tilden in the ruins of downtown following the 1906 earthquake and fire.'''<br>''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''

	Douglas Tilden, San Francisco's Father of Sculpture, was a skilled and lucky man who lived in a glorious age. Today, the quality and the significance of his commissions is mostly lost on the crowds of tourists who rush past his most notable public works on their way to hot dog carts and jangling tour trolleys.		Douglas Tilden, San Francisco's Father of Sculpture, was a skilled and lucky man who lived in a glorious age. Today, the quality and the significance of his commissions is mostly lost on the crowds of tourists who rush past his most notable public works on their way to hot dog carts and jangling tour trolleys.

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	''by Noa Jones''		''by Noa Jones''

	[[Image:~~art1~~$mechanics-1906.jpg]]		[[Image:Art1$mechanics-1906.jpg]]

	'''The Mechanics Statue by Douglas Tilden in the ruins of downtown following the 1906 earthquake and fire.'''<br>''Photo: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA''		'''The Mechanics Statue by Douglas Tilden in the ruins of downtown following the 1906 earthquake and fire.'''<br>''Photo: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA''
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