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    		• Keck, Charles,
     
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    		• OEB,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Lynchburg
     
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    		• Architectural component
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Listening Post, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Keck, Charles, 1875-1951, sculptor.
    OEB, fabricator.
    Title: 
    The Listening Post, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Doughboy, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1926. Copyrighted 1926. Dedicated Nov. 11, 1926.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. H. 7 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. x 32 in.; Base: approx. 10 ft. 6 in. x 70 in. x 54 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On rear of rifle stock of figure:) OEB (On base:) In honor of the men of Lynchburg.Virginia who served in the 1917.World War.1918 unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A World War I soldier in uniform and helmet rests his proper left arm on the parapet of a trench. He holds the barrel of his rifle with a bayonet attached with his proper right hand, the butt of which rests by his proper left foot. The figure is at the base of a stairway and is surrounded by panels inscribed with names of those who served in the war.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Lynchburg
    Architectural component
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Lynchburg, Recreation and Parks, P. O. Box 60, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
    Located Monument Terrace, Lynchburg, Virginia
    Remarks: 
    In honor of the men of Lynchburg who served in World War I. For related information see: Lynchburg News, Nov. 12, 1926, pg. 1-2; and, National Cyclopaedia of American History 49 (1967), pg. 275-276.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia 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 VA000187
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