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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Stroudsburg
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1923.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 x 2 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 6 1/2 x 4 x 2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On bronze plaque, front of base, raised lettering:) SERVICE MEN FROM MONROE COUNTY, PA.,/WHO DIED WHILE IN ACTIVE SERVICE/OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY FORCES/OF THE WORLD WAR/BEFORE BEING DISCHARGED/(list of names)/ERECTED BY THE JACOB STROUD CHAPTER/DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION/1923 (On bronze tablet below plaque, front of base, raised lettering:) NAMES OMITTED FROM ABOVE TABLET/(list of names)/ERECTED BY MONROE COUNTY/IN MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF/MONROE COUNTY, PENNA.,/WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY/IN THE WORLD WAR./---/1917-1919. unsigned
    Description: 
    On top of a rough-cut granite boulder, a World War I soldier wearing a helmet and carrying a rifle charges forward in a crouching run. He has a canteen on his proper right hip and a gas mask bag hanging from his proper right shoulder, resting on his proper left hip. A club is affixed to his proper left hip. He holds his rifle at his proper right hip, pointing forward, his proper right hand at the trigger, his proper left hand at the barrel grip. A small pack is strapped to the middle of his back. The sculpture is mounted atop a boulder that is slightly pinkish in color.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Stroudsburg
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Monroe County, North 7th & Monroe Streets, Monroe County Courthouse, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18360
    Located Monroe County Courthouse, North 7th & Monroe Streets, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18360
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture honors service members from Monroe County, Pennsylvania, who died during World War I. The sculpture was installed by the Jacob Stroud Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 PA000719
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