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Offner, Elliot,
Tallix,
Figure group
Occupation -- Service
Dress -- Uniform
Ethnic -- African American
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Sculpture
Letter Carriers' Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Offner, Elliot, 1931- , sculptor.
Tallix, founder.
Title:
Letter Carriers' Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Letter Carriers' Statue, (sculpture).
Dates:
1989. Copyrighted 1989. Dedicated Aug. 30, 1989.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: black granite with concrete footing.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 66 x 67 x 56 in.; Base: approx. 40 x 42 3/34 x 50 in.
Inscription:
(On 19th century male figure, on lower jacket:) (copyright symbol) Offner '89 (On north & south faces of base:) In honor of the men and women/ who have delivered for America/in rain, sleet, and snow./And in tribute to their Union,/the National Association of Letter Carriers,/founded across Plankinton Avenue/from this site on August 30, 1889./Dedicated August 30, 1989. (A seal follows the inscriptions on the north and south faces:) National Association/U.S.A./Letter Carriers signed
Description:
Three mail carriers. One male moustached figure wears a turn-of-the century uniform and helmet, representing NALC's founders. A second male figure, an African American, wears a uniform from the time of NALC's Golden Jubilee in 1939. The third figure, a woman, is dressed in modern letter carrier garb.
Subject:
Figure group
Occupation -- Service -- Postman
Dress -- Uniform -- Postal Uniform
Ethnic -- African American
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Sculpture
Owner:
City of Milwaukee, Bureau of Bridges & Public Buildings, 841 North Broadway, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Located at North 2nd Street, North Plankinton Avenue and West Wells Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Remarks:
Statue commemorates the founding of the National Association of Letter Carriers, near this spot, in Milwaukee on August 30, 1889.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin, Milwaukee survey, 1994.
Palmer, Virginia A., 1989.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 74020072
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Inventory of American Sculpture
74020072
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