Guidance of Youth, (sculpture).

Guidance of Youth, (sculpture).

Fairbanks, Avard, 1897-1987, sculptor.

Roman Bronze Works, founder.

Guidance of Youth, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 71 in. x 38 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. x 80 in. x 62 in.

(On plaque:) ERECTED IN THE/HUNDREDTH YEAR OF STATEHOOD PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF SALEM, OREGON/BY CARROLL L. MOORES/IN MEMORY OF THE EARLY OREGON PIONEERS (On lower right:) AVARD FAIRBANKS/ROMAN BRONZE WORKS, INC. NY (Incised on base:) GUIDANCE OF YOUTH signed Founder's mark appears.

A family of three in pioneer dress stands on a rounded, rectangular base from which rises a backdrop. A boy stands between his parents. His mother's arm is around his proper right shoulder. The boy's proper right arm rests on his father's proper left leg. The father holds a rifle upright in his proper right hand. The sculpture sits on a granite base, backed by a large granite slab with bronze insignia (Diam. 54 in. x D. 2 in.) of the Oregon Centennial.

History -- United States -- Westward Expansion

Figure group -- Family

Dress -- Historic -- Pioneer Dress

Allegory -- Life -- Youth

Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Salem

City of Salem, Parks & Recreation, 555 Liberty S.E., Salem, Oregon 97301

Gift of Carroll L. Moores in memory of early Oregon pioneers.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon survey, 1993.

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