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Public Safety, (sculpture). Artist:  Greenamyer, George, 1939- , sculptor. Title:  Public Safety, (sculpture). Dates:  April 25, 1988. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Steel. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. H. 15 ft. Description:  A number of figures and vehicles placed in a linear formation upon a long, narrow steel beam. A firefighter, dressed in protective gear, stands holding a fire hose in back of a red fire engine. A man and woman stand in front of the fire engine extinguishing a fire, while another firefighter dressed in protective gear and a fire chief in uniform stand in front of them. A smaller figure of policeman dressed in uniform rides a motorcycle, while a policeman and a policewoman stand dressed in uniform behind a police car. A policeman dressed in uniform sits atop a brown horse while a girl wearing a blue dress stands and pets the horse's head. In front of them, a man stands dressed in blue pants and a white shirt and holds the hand of a boy dressed in a red shirt, and blue pants with white suspenders. The narrow steel beam is held aloft by four arches. Subject:  Figure group Figure male -- Full length Figure female -- Full length Figure -- Child -- Full length Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Occupation -- Service -- Policeman Dress -- Uniform -- Police Uniform Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform Architecture -- Vehicle -- Fire Engine Architecture -- Vehicle -- Automobile Architecture -- Vehicle -- Motorcycle Animal -- Horse Disaster -- Fire Object -- Tool -- Hose Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Dress -- Accessory -- Helmet Dress -- Accessory -- Protective Gear Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Delaware -- Wilmington Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Wilmington, Department of Parks and Recreation, 22 South Heald Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Located William T. McLaughlin Public Safety Building, Walnut Street & 4th Street, Wilmington, Delaware Remarks:  Sculpture and base rest in a planter with the following on one side, raised: William T. McLaughin Public Safety Building. Nearby plaque reads: CITY OF WILMINGTON/DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY/DEDICATED TO THOSE BRAVE SERVANTS,/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES, IN/SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF/THE CITY OF WILMINGTON./FIRE POLICE/(list of names and dates in three columns follows). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Delaware survey, 1995. 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 DE000058   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture DE000058 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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