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    		• John J. Gurantee Studio,
     
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    		• O. J. Hammill Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- McGuire, Peter J.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Pennsauken
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Peter J. McGuire Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    John J. Gurantee Studio, fabricator.
    O. J. Hammill Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Peter J. McGuire Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated August 1952.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Cherokee Georgia marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: 72 x 26 x 19 in.; Base: H. 44 in. x Diam. 73 in.; Colonnade: approx. H. 48.5 ft. x D. 21 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Carved on front of base:) PETER J. MCGUIRE/JULY 6, 1852/FEBRUARY 18, 1906 unsigned
    Description: 
    Full-length portrait of Peter J. McGuire. He is seen standing with proper left arm against chest and proper right arm, elbow bent, at waist. He is dressed in a frock or mourning coat in the fashion of the late 19th century. Behind the sculpture is a free-standing curvilinear colonnade of six Greek Doric columns in the same material as the sculpture.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- McGuire, Peter J. -- Full length
    Occupation -- Industry -- Construction
    Occupation -- Other -- Labor Leader
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Pennsauken
    Gravestone
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, 101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20001
    Located Arlington Cemetery, 1620 Cove Road, Pennsauken, New Jersey 08109
    Remarks: 
    The memorial commemorates Peter J. McGuire, founder of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. He also served as Secretary and later Vice President of the A.F.L. which he helped to found. The memorial was dedicated in August 1952, 100 years after his birth and it marks his burial site. IAS files contain fact sheet from Arlington Cemetery. Inscribed on entablature frieze of colonnade: IN MEMORY OF PETER J. MCGUIRE FOUNDER OF UBC AND FATHER OF LABOR DAY. (Below the base of the colonnade is inscribed:) ERECTED BY UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA 1952.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
    Gail Greenberg, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission, 1993.
    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 65190003
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