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    		• Pollia, Joseph P.,
     
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    		• Ross, Albert Randolf,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Elizabeth
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Volunteer 1837-1901, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Pollia, Joseph P., 1893-1954, sculptor.
    Ross, Albert Randolf, architect.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    The Volunteer 1837-1901, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed Oct. 12, 1925.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: beige granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 96 1/2 x 34 1/4 x 34 1/4 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. x 77 1/4 in. x 77 1/4 in.
    Inscription: 
    GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (Front of plinth, raised:) 1837-1901 (Back of plinth, raised:) JOSEPH P. POLLIA, SCULPTOR/ALBERT R. ROSS, ARCHITECT/KATHARINE MINAHAN, COMMISSIONAIRE (Side of plinth, raised:) .ERECTED.BY THE.CITIZENS.OF./.ELIZABETH.NEW.JERSEY./.OCTOBER.12TH.1925. (Other side of plinth, raised:) .MONUMENT.COMMITTEE./(Three columns of names) (Front of base:) THE VOLUNTEER unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Standing figure of a fireman in his uniform and helmet. He holds a hose with his proper right hand with its nozzle in his proper left hand. The figure is painted a statuary brown. The hose is attached to a nearby fire hydrant. He stands atop an inscribed plinth set on a multitiered base.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
    Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform
    Object -- Other -- Hydrant
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Elizabeth
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Union County Courthouse, 2 Broad Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey
    Remarks: 
    Erected by the citizens of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Katharine Minahan was the commissionaire. IAS files contain complete transcriptions of the inscriptions.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey 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 NJ000088
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