Lundeberg Derby Monument

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This monument is a tribute to Harry Lundeberg, who played a key role in obtaining fair rights for workers apart of the S.U.P.

The Lundeberg Derby Monument, on First and Wall Street , is a part of a series of works in Seattle, Washington created to improve First Street in 1987 called the First Avenue Project.[1] The statue was installed by Buster Simpson when the building behind it, the El Gaucho Inn, was still owned and occupied by the Sailor's union. The statue is dedicated to Harry Lundeberg, a key figure in the Sailor's Union Strike of 1886.[2] Lundeberg created the sub/Union cap that was later known as the "Lundeberg Stetson".[3][4][5]

The statue's pillars stand roughly three feet high, atop the northernmost pillar is a derby cap, worn by members of the Sailors Union. The pillars were salvaged by Jack Mackie and Buster Simpson from a quarry just before it went bankrupt, the two of the artists involved in First Avenue Project. [6]

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  1. ^ "Seattle - Arts - Public Art - Streetscape". 2012-07-28. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  2. ^ Schwartz, Stephen (1986-01-01). Brotherhood of the Sea: A History of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific, 1885-1985. Transaction Publishers. pp. 88–93. ISBN 978-0-88738-121-8.
  3. ^ Schwartz, Stephen. "Chapters 6-7." Sailors Union of the Pacific History Book. N.p.: n.p., 1985. N. pag. Print.
  4. ^ Green, Archie (2006). Harry Lundeberg's stetson & other nautical treasures. Crockett, Calif.: Carquinez Press. ISBN 0-9744124-3-0. OCLC 76894708.
  5. ^ "SIU and Maritime History". Seafarers International Union. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  6. ^ Updike, Robin. "Expanding The Canvas For Public Art -- Agitator Buster Simpson's Works Are Of The People, And For The People". The Seattle Times. The Seattle Times, 18 Jan. 1998. Web. 04 Nov. 2013.

Coordinates: 47°36′53″N 122°20′56″W / 47.6147°N 122.3489°W / 47.6147; -122.3489

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