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    		• Day, John,
     
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    		• Gorriero, Guy,
     
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    		• Beck & Beck, Inc.,
     
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    		• Day & Applegate Monument Service,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Portrait male -- McNair, Ronald E.
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Onizuka, Ellison S.
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Resnik, Judith A.
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Jarvis, Gregory
     
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    		• Portrait female -- McAuliffe, Sharon Christa
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Smith, Michael J.
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Scobee, Francis R.
     
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    		• Architecture -- Vehicle
     
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    		• Occupation -- Transportation
     
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    		• Occupation -- Education
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ilion
     
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    		• Stele
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Challenger Park - Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Day, John, designer.
    Gorriero, Guy, landscape architect.
    Beck & Beck, Inc., carver.
    Day & Applegate Monument Service, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Challenger Park - Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Sept. 13, 1993.
    Medium: 
    Monument: Faystone black granite, polished; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Monument: approx. 70 x 37 x 9 in.; Base: approx. 2 x 60 x 30 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Beck & Beck engravers mark appears in the exhaust from the rocket vent of space shuttle) (Front of stele, incised below each portrait:) RONALD E. McNAIR/ELLISON S. ONIZUKA/JUDITH A. RESNIK/GREGORY B. JARVIS/SHARON C. McAULIFFE/MICHAEL J. SMITH/FRANCIS R. SCOBEE (Front of stele, incised across lower section:) TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE/WHO PLACED COUNTRY ABOVE SELF/JANUARY 28, 1986 signed
    Description: 
    A stele engraved with an image of the space shuttle Challenger surrounded by portraits of the seven astronauts who died when it exploded on Jan. 28, 1986. The stele tapers to a point at the top and rests on a low rectangular base. The stele is flanked by two benches, seven evergreen trees, and two flagpoles. Around the perimeter are seven metal plaques each stamped with the name of one of the seven challenger astronauts and the names of those who donated funds.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Space Program
    Portrait male -- McNair, Ronald E. -- Bust
    Portrait male -- Onizuka, Ellison S. -- Bust
    Portrait female -- Resnik, Judith A. -- Bust
    Portrait male -- Jarvis, Gregory -- Bust
    Portrait female -- McAuliffe, Sharon Christa -- Bust
    Portrait male -- Smith, Michael J.
    Portrait male -- Scobee, Francis R.
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Spacecraft
    Occupation -- Transportation -- Astronaut
    Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ilion
    Stele
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Ilion Kiwanis, Ilion, New York
    Located Challenger Park, West Main Street, Ilion, New York
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Municipal Building, Ilion, New York
    Remarks: 
    The monument was erected to the memory of the seven astronauts who perished aboard the space shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986. John Day of Day & Applegate Monument Service designed the monument. Beck & Beck, Inc. engraved the monument and Guy Gorriero planned the overall design of the park. IAS files contain transcription of nearby metal plaques. IAS files contain an illustration of the engraver's mark.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York 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 NY000424
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