Chinese Coolie Statue

by Sherri on January 12, 2010

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Chinese Coolie Statue, Downtown Auburn, California. This image was also taken during our rare, low snowfall last month and developed using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.

Auburn is awesome. It is not only beautiful, but it is full of history and things to see and do. In my last post, I featured a photo of a statue of Gold Miner, Claude Chana, created by local dentist Ken Fox. The statue of the Chinese Coolie above was also created by Ken in 1972. The Coolie is 33 feet long, 22 feet tall and weighs 70 tons. You can view this statue at the old train station site and Chamber of Commerce. Directions: Auburn Chamber of Commerce, east of I-80 on Lincoln Way between Hwy 49 and Harrison Avenue. If you plan to visit Auburn, let me know and I can give you some more ideas of what to see and do in the area. While you are here, be sure to check out my previous posts about Auburn. Thank you for visiting. If you would like to leave a comment, simply click on the "comments" link (add your message in the box) at the bottom of this post.
1 Carolyn Fox January 12, 2010 at 8:34 am

Nice pic, Sherri. Haven’t seen you around much lately. You must be busy working on that marketing plan. Have a great day!

2 Richard Wong January 12, 2010 at 12:49 pm

I had no idea about this Sherri. Had I known, I would have tried getting a photo last time I passed through Auburn. Thanks for sharing.

3 Sherri January 13, 2010 at 6:19 am

Carolyn – thank you! Yes, I’m working on the marketing plan, editing images, working on the Website/Blog, plans for my Photo Tours etc. I wish there were 2 of me – there is not enough time in the day, week, month and year!

4 Sherri January 13, 2010 at 6:21 am

Richard – I’m surprised you didn’t know about this statue already.

5 Kerry Sue February 11, 2010 at 4:39 pm

Sherrie, I have stood in front of this statue so many times, but never have I seen a more beautiful picture… Thanks for the smile

6 Sherri February 12, 2010 at 6:35 am

Thanks a lot Kerry. Have you seen the other statues in town created by Ken Fox? 😉

7 erin February 12, 2010 at 9:40 am

Good work! Capturing a snow photo *and* getting the sky so that neither look blown out is tough work! (For me, so far, at least!)

8 Sherri February 15, 2010 at 6:49 am

Thanks Erin. Yeah, it can be a bit challenging. This one was pretty easy to capture though, because the lighting was good, not harsh. 😉

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