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(Biloxi Public Safety Center Reliefs), (sculpture). Artist:  Beasley, Fred, sculptor. Collins, John T., architect. Collins, Leonard, architect. Title:  (Biloxi Public Safety Center Reliefs), (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1982. Digital Reference:  Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Two relief panels on building facade. One panel depicts three male figures and one female figure in police uniforms. The female figure is acting as a crossing guard with her proper right hand extended toward two children, a girl and boy. In the background, above her proper left shoulder is a traffic light. The male figures stand to her proper left. The first man wears a hat with visor and a uniform with belted jacket. He holds a dog on a leash with his proper right hand. The second man holds a rifle against his proper right shoulder and carries ammunition across his proper left shoulder. He wears a helmet and uniform with belted jacket. The third man wears a hat with brim, short sleeved shirt and long pants, and a gun on his proper right hip. He holds his proper right hand in the air, palm facing out. The second relief depicts two firefighters in proper left profile, dressed in helmets and uniforms, holding a hose spraying water. In the background, in front of the firemen, is a doctor attending a woman on a gurney. He appears to administer oxygen from two tanks standing next to the gurney. Behind the firemen is a male figure, possibly a fireman or doctor, walking away from the scene holding a baby. Subject:  Occupation -- Service -- Policeman Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Occupation -- Service -- Guard Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor Figure group Figure -- Child Dress -- Uniform -- Police Uniform Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform Dress -- Uniform -- Medical Uniform Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Dress -- Accessory -- Helmet Animal -- Dog Object -- Weapon -- Gun Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Biloxi Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Biloxi, Police Department - Chief's Office, 1045 Howard Avenue, P. O. Drawer 1904, Biloxi, Mississippi 39530 Located Biloxi Public Safety Center, Howard & Porter Avenue, Biloxi, Mississippi Remarks:  The building served as the Lopez Elementary School from 1924-1979. The relief panels were added as part of a building renovation project in 1982. Nearby plaque reads: BILOXI PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER/THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO THE PROFESSIONAL MEN/AND WOMEN WHO PASS THROUGH THESE PORTALS IN/THEIR DAILY WORK TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND/THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF THE PEOPLE OF BILOXI./COMPLETED 1982/MAYOR/GERALD. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1994. 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 MS000137   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000137 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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