To be fair, this is a memorial to Teddy Roosevelt, in front of the main entrance to the American Museum of Natural History, which he created. That is the reason he is the identifiable person in the sculpture.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 10:03 PM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > That’s the way things usually are. The white male is a named individual. > Everyone else is a symbol, and subservient to him. > > > On 28 Dec 2017, at 03:56, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > There is a Native American on either side of TR in the monument. I > believe > > they are symbolic of his adventures in the great plains, rather than > > specific individuals. > > > > Dan Matyola > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > >> On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Obviously I was pulling your leg about the guy on the horse. > >> > >> Was the other guy a real indian ? > >> > >> Kenneth Waller > >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" < > >> [email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Leader > >> > >> > >> > >> The guy on the horse was a real president. > >>> > >>> He was also a taxidermist, a cattle rancher, a historian, a police > >>> commissioner, a civil service reformer. a soldier, a naturalist, a > >>> conservationist, a big game hunter, an explorer, a polymath, a > statesman, > >>> and a devoted father. > >>> > >>> > >>> Dan Matyola > >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >>> > >>> On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 8:22 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Yeah, but who is the guy on the horse..... > >>>> Kenneth Waller > >>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > >>>> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" < > >>>> [email protected]> > >>>> Subject: PESO: Leader > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> What a real president looks like: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/12/25/tr > >>>>> > >>>>> K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 > >>>>> Comments are invited > >>>>> > >>>>> Dan Matyola > >>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > >> > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
