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Niners Legends: Made in Brooklyn

Niners Legends: Made in Brooklyn
Niners Legends: Made in Brooklyn

Niners Legends: Made in Brooklyn

The heads take shape. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

And the arms. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

Linemen in position. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

Armed and ready. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

Bill Walsh. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

The Catch, in its early stages. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

Joe Montana and Leo Nomellini. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

R.C. Owens’ famous alley-oop. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

Sculpting Walsh’s likeness. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

John Brodie gets his pads. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

Nomellini. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

Nomellini and Charlie Krueger. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

One of these is not a statue. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

The workshop. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

For a true-to-life look, jerseys were draped on the statues before the final patina. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

Though we’re pretty sure Dwight Clark never wore purple. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

Fred Dean and Bob St. Clair square off. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

The Million-Dollar Backfield. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

The all-but-finished products. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

Making a list, checking twice. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

Dwight Clarke receives some finishing touches.

Keena Turner gets a look at the handiwork. (Courtesy StudioEIS)

The StudioEIS team with Jed York (right, in t-shirt). (Courtesy StudioEIS)

Draped and ready to go. (Courtesy StudioEIS)