Keywords: Vulcan statue, the city symbol, Birmingham, Alabama LCCN2010636885.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes Title date subject note and keywords provided by the photographer ; The 56-foot 17 m tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan god of the fire and forge It was created as Birmingham's entry for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1904 World's Fair in St Louis Missouri It is the seventh-tallest free-standing statue in the United States ; Gift; George F Landegger; 2010; DLC/PP-2010 090 ; Credit line The George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Forms part of George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive 2010 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2010636885 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/05000/05006a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 05006 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 05006 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ The George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |