State of Texas, bronze - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Name: Texas
Level: 290-ft.
Donor: State of Texas
Dates: 1918/1918
Original materials: granite, patinated bronze seal
Dimensions: 2' x 4'
Sculptor/Carver: Bronze seal cast by Bureau Bros., Phila. [seal]
Original inscription: Texas 1845 [abbr.]
Documented material history:
• 1918: “Inserted in the wall by the Washington Granite Monument Company on February 14, 1918, without dedicatory exercises. . . . The bronze cast was shipped from Philadelphia on January 29, 1918. (A letter from Bender to E. Concklin February 5,
1918). Mr. William Jardine of the Washington Granite Monument Company was contracted by G. Bender to insert the stone . . . (A letter from Bender to Concklin dated February 20, 1918). . . .” [MR]