Tulsa, Oklahoma: Statue Reading a Newspaper
Bronze statue of Tulsa businessman Walt Helmerich, Sr. reading an edition of the Tulsa Tribune.
- Address:
- E. 21st St, Tulsa, OK
- Directions:
- On the Northwest corner of E. 21st St and S. Utica Ave there is a little park with a fountain. The man is quitely reading his paper on a bench beside the fountain.
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As of August 2020 the statue is still reading his newspaper!
[Dee, 08/20/2020]
The statue sits in front a a beautiful fountain across the street from Utica Square shopping center.
[Janelle, 05/07/2019]
A statue of a man reading a statue of a paper. If you care to sit with him you can read the paper too. I believe it's from the '30s or '40s.
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It appears to be more recent -- the statue is supposed to be businessman Walt Helmerich. Also in Tulsa: a newspaper boy delivering bronze editions of the of the rival rag Tulsa Daily World from his bronze bike. It's at the Tulsa Daily World building.