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    		• Scheirer, Frank A.,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Slatington
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Scheirer, Frank A., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    May 6, 1909. Installed Sept. 1909. Dedicated Sept. 16, 1909.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Barre, Vermont granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: 7 ft. x 1 ft. 7 in. x 1 ft/ 7 in.; Base: 9 ft. 3 in. x 9 ft. x 7 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On upper part of base:) VIGILANT/FIRE CO./NO. 2 (On base:) COMMITTEE ARTHUR SCRANTON ABEL BOYER EDWIN OSLER SAMUEL J. EVANS MALCOLM D. HOLBEN ELIAS GERMAN unsigned
    Description: 
    A figure of a fireman holding a small child in his arms. The fireman wears a helmet inscribed with "V 2."
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform
    Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
    Figure -- Child
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Slatington
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Vigilant Fire Company No. 2, 110 South Walnut Street, Slatington, Pennsylvania 18080
    Located Union Cemetery, 2880 Cemetery Street, Slatington, Pennsylvania 18080
    Remarks: 
    The monument, which honors departed firemen, was erected with moral and financial support of Arthur Scranton, related to the founding Scranton family of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Frank A. Scheirer, a local stone mason, was hired to build the monument for $2,200. The monument is installed on cemetery land that was purchased by Arthur Scranton, and which serves as the final resting place for firemen who have no family, or who have financial hardships. At the dedication ceremony Arthur Scranton extended the use of the burial site to any member of the Pennsylvania fire company, whether they are paid or volunteers.
    References: 
    Stettner, Robert, 2002.
    Slatington News, Sept. 11, 1909.
    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 71500647
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