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    		• Blumer, Boyd,
     
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    		• Monroe, Sherwood,
     
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    		• Muckey, Doug,
     
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    		• Martinosky, Larry,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Farm
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Merrill, Mary Ellen
     
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    		• Emblem
     
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    		• Object -- Tool
     
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    		• Architecture -- Vehicle
     
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    		• Architecture -- Vehicle
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- Ellendale
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Centennial Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Blumer, Boyd, sculptor.
    Monroe, Sherwood, sculptor.
    Muckey, Doug, assistant.
    Martinosky, Larry, assistant.
    Title: 
    Centennial Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Dickey County Pioneer, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated June 23, 1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Iron bars and plates and a walking plow, on a brick base with granite plaques.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 10 x 9 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 7 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. 10 in. x 8 ft. 10 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Four plaques on base; front:) Ellendale, North Dakota/Founded in 1882/Named after Mary Ellen Merrill/Mary Ellen Merrill/Wife of SS Merrill/General Manager of Chicago,/Milwaukee, St. Paul Rail Road. (One side:) Dickey County/Pioneers (Other side:) Lest we forget/the veterans/of our community/who served/their country/in all wars. (Back:) North Dakota/Centennial/Ellendale Centennial 1882-1982/(copyright symbol) 1985 ND Centennial Commission unsigned
    Description: 
    A pioneer farmer is represented by thin, steel bars which form a linear frame of a body. The figure wears a hat, and stands behind a walking plow. He leans forward, hands grasping the plow and proper left leg steps up and forward, as if he were walking. The figure and plow stand on top of a welded steel platform, which is atop a brick base. On each side of the brick base is a granite plaque.
    The 1st plaque has a picture of Mary Ellen Merrill and a locomotive, representing that Ellendale was named after Merrill, and the importance of the railroad in the founding of the city. The 2nd has a picture of the statue of liberty, and honors veterans who served the U.S. in war. The 3rd plaque depicts three horse-drawn covered wagons with the words Dickey County Pioneers. The 4th has a North Dakota Centennial emblem along with the words Ellendale Centennial 1882-1982, honoring both centennials.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Farm -- Sowing
    Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer
    History -- United States -- North Dakota
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Portrait female -- Merrill, Mary Ellen
    Emblem
    Object -- Tool -- Plow
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Train
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon
    Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- Ellendale
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Ellendale, City Auditor, Ellendale, North Dakota 58436
    Located Highway 281 & 4th Street, Ellendale, North Dakota
    Remarks: 
    There is a brick marker with two granite plaques found near rear of sculpture. One side reads: Contributors to the Ellendale Centennial Memorial/(followed by 80 names). The other side reads: Contributions given in memory of/(followed by 65 names). Base was constructed by Doug Muckey and Larry Martinowsky did the welding of the figure. IAS files contain related article from Dickey County Leader (Ellendale, ND), July 1, 1989.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Dakota survey, 1992.
    Dickey County Leader (Ellendale, ND), July 1, 1989.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Dickey County Leader (Ellendale, ND), July 1, 1989.
    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 ND000010
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