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The Hiker of '98, (sculpture). Artist:  Lamb Seal and Stencil Company, founder. Title:  The Hiker of '98, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Spanish-American War Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Copyrighted 1937. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze and granite: Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 56 x 56 x 20 in.; Base: approx. 6 x 57 x 30 in. Inscription:  (Bottom right corner of plaque:) COPYRIGHT 1937/LAMB SEAL & STENCIL CO./WASHINGTON D.C. (On plaque, raised:) YOU TRIUMPHED OVER OBSTACLES/WHICH WOULD HAVE OVERCOME MEN/LESS BRAVE AND DETERMINED/PRESIDENT MCKINLEY/HIKER OF'98/DEDICATED TO/THE VETERANS OF 1898 TO 1902/BY DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA NATIONAL AUXILIARY/UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS/AT THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION MAY 14-16/1939 unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  A bronze plaque, mounted on a boulder depicts relief figure of a standing soldier and a battleship behind him. He wears a hat, shirt with sleeves rolled above the elbow and open at the neck with a large collar, trousers and boots into which the trouser legs are tucked. Proper right arm cradles a rifle and proper left hand rests on his proper left thigh. He wears an ammunition belt around his waist and letter S is visible on his belt buckle. Subject:  History -- United States -- Spanish American War Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object -- Weapon -- Gun Architecture -- Boat -- Warship Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Albany Boulder Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Albany, Cemetery Division, Albany, Georgia 31701 Located Riverside Cemetery, Cotton Street, Albany, Georgia References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia 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 GA000250   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000250 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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