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Scout Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Sowell, Bill, sculptor. Turkey Track Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Scout Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Boy Scout, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 5, 1976. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze with dark patina; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 1/2 ft. x 46 in. x 23 in.; Base: approx. W. 29 in. x D. 31 in. Inscription:  (On rear of statue:) SOWELL 76/(Cross symbol) 76 TURKEY TRACK/BRONZE WORKS, INC./PAWHASKA, OKLA. signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A Boy Scout dressed in an early twentieth-century era uniform stands at attention and salutes with his proper right hand. Uniform items include a brimmed hat, formal jacket and trousers tucked into knee-length boots. Subject:  Figure male -- Child -- Full length Dress -- Uniform -- Scout Uniform Occupation -- Service -- Scouting Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Pawhuska Sculpture Owner:  Osage County Historical Society, 700 North Lynn, Pawhuska, Oklahoma 74056 Remarks:  Gift of the Pawhuska Kiwanis Club as a Bicentennial project in honor of the Boy Scout Troop #33. The Troop, formed in May 1909 was the first Boy Scout Troop in America. The sculpture was financed with the sale of twenty-four 14 inch replicas at $1,150 each. The statue is partially sheltered under a porch overhang. IAS files contain a related article from the Pawhuska Daily Journal-Capital, July 6, 1976 and information from the Historical Society. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996. 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 OK000148   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OK000148 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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