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Gaylord, Frank Chalfant, II,
Children
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Williamsport
Sculpture
(Little League Memorial), (sculpture).
Artist:
Gaylord
,
Frank
Chalfant, II,
1925-2018
,
sculptor
.
Title:
(Little League Memorial), (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated June 6, 1989.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: stone; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 3 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 4 1/2 x 3 x 3 ft.
Inscription:
F. C.
Gaylord
1989 (On front of base:) AT THIS SITE ON JUNE 6, 1939 WAS PLAYED/THE FIRST LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME./ORGANIZED AS A THREE-TEAM LEAGUE FOR YOUNGSTERS BY/WILLIAMSPORT RESIDENTS CARL STOTZ, GEORGE BEBBLE AND/BERT BEBBLE, LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL HAS GROWN INTO/A HIGHLY RESPECTED INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM/PROVIDING FOR TWO AND ONE-HALF MILLION PARTICIPANTS/EVERY YEAR THE BENEFITS OF FAIR PLAY, FRIENDLY COMPETITION,/AND A DESIRE TO EXCEL THROUGH RESPONSIBLE VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP/DEDICATED/JUNE 6, 1989 signed
Description:
Three young boys. They stand crowded together, holding up baseball mitts to catch a baseball. They wear baggy shirts, trousers tucked in at the ankles and lace-up shoes. The two boys on the proper right are reaching up with mitts on their proper left hands; the boy on the proper left is reaching up with a mitt on his proper right hand.
Subject:
Children
Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Baseball
Dress -- Uniform -- Sports Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Williamsport
Sculpture
Owner:
Coadministered by City of Williamsport, Street and Parks Department, 245 West Fourth Street, Williamsport, Pennsylvania 17701
Coadministered by Little League, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Located Memorial Park, Blaine Street & Carl Stotz Place, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
The sculpture commemorates the site of the first Little League game.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
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 PA001495
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