Christopher Columbus Memorial, Union Station Plaza, Washington, D. C., circa 1907-1914

Christopher Columbus Memorial, Union Station Plaza, Washington, D. C., circa 1907-1914. Caption reads: "The Columbus Memorial on the Union Station Plaza, Washington, designed by Lorado Taft, and erected at a cost of $100,000, consists of a marble fountain, with a statue of Columbus, and figures symbolizing the Spirit of Discovery, the Old World (Caucasian) and New World (Indian). A Globe typefies the new knowledge Columbus gave of the shape of the world, and there are American Eagles and Medallions of Ferdinand and Isabella.