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Pioneer Family, (sculpture). Artist:  Campbell, W. Walter, sculptor. Title:  Pioneer Family, (sculpture). Dates:  1975-1976. Dedicated May 9, 1976. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Indiana limestone; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 5 x 5 x 5 ft. Inscription:  (On bronze plaque on front of base, raised lettering:) PIONEER FAMILY/THIS PIONEER FAMILY, CREATED FOR THE/BICENTENNIAL 1976, REPRESENTS THE BASIC/FUNDAMENTALS OF OUR AMERICAN LIFE-COURAGE-/FAITH IN GOD-EDUCATION-LOVE OF FAMILY/AND LIBERTY./THESE QUALITIES IN OUR AMERICAN/PIONEERS WON FOR THEM A LAND OF PROMISE/AND OPPORTUNITY, AND FOR US, A NATION OF/FREEDOM AND STABILITY./MAY THIS BE AN INSPIRATION TO ALL./W. WALTER CAMPBELL signed Description:  A pioneer family consisting of a man standing with a rifle in his proper left hand and his proper right hand resting on the proper right shoulder of his wife who is seated in front of him. Their daughter sits on the mother's lap holding an open book on her lap. The man wears a fur cap and fringed clothing and knee-high boots with a powder horn strapped around his torso and resting at his proper right hip. The woman wears a bonnet and raises her proper right hand to her shoulder to touch the man's hand. The child wears a bonnet and dress. The sculpture is mounted on a circular base with a tiered top made out of irregular stones. Subject:  Portrait group -- Family Occupation -- Other -- Colonizer Dress -- Historic -- Pioneer Dress Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Weapon -- Gun Object -- Other -- Powder Horn Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Hollidaysburg Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Blair County Commissioners, 423 Allegheny Street, Blair County Courthouse, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania 16648 Located Blair County Courthouse, Annex at Penn & Walnut Street, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania Remarks:  The sculpture represents the pioneers who founded Hollidaysburg, the Holliday family. A plaque on ground directly in front of base reads: This Statue and Park/were designed by/ROTARIAN W. WALTER CAMPBELL/and Erected by the Rotary Club of Hollidaysburg/for the people of Blair County/Dedicated May 9, 1976/(Left column:) Rotary Club of Hollidaysburg/James D. Angus, President/R.F. Lauver, District Governor/District 735 (Right column:) County Commissioners/Colson E. Jones/John W. Gardner/C. Richard Logan References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 PA001454   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001454 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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