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Eagle, (sculpture). Artist:  F.A.S.T. Corporation, fabricator. Ahlbom, Roy, contractor. Title:  Eagle, (sculpture). Dates:  1983. Dedicated ca. July 1983. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: painted fiberglass; Base: fieldstone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 11 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 5 in. x 7 ft. 7 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. 5 in. x 7 ft. 7 in. Inscription:  (On plaque on plinth:) Remer, Mn/Base Constructed by Stone Mason Roy Ahlbom unsigned Description:  Bald eagle is perched atop a green plinth and fieldstone base. The eagle's head is white with a yellow beak and its body and talons are brown. Subject:  Animal -- Bird -- Eagle History -- United States -- Military history Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Remer Billboard Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Remer, Route 1, Box C, Remer, Minnesota 56672 Located Main Street, Remer, Minnesota Remarks:  Erected by the Remer Civic Club and funded with the receipts from a raffle. Stone mason Roy Ahlbom constructed the base. SOS! survey lists fabricator as F.A.S.T. Corporation and excerpt from "The Colossus of Roads," pg. 136, states that the piece was fabricated by Creative Display, Inc. IAS files include an excerpt from "The Colossus of Roads: Myth and Symbol along the American Highway," by Karal Ann Marling, (University of Minnesota, 1984). For related reading, see the Minneapolis Tribune, July 17, 1983, pg. 1B. Nearby commemorative plaque reads: We the people of the/Remer area wish to thank/all of our men and women/Veterans who have served/to keep Our Country Free/Thank You/WWI WWII/Korean War Viet Nam (sic) War/Desert Storm References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Marling, Karal Ann, "The Colossus of Roads: Myth and Symbol along the American Highway," University of Minnesota, 1984, pg. 55, 136. 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 MN000566   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000566 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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