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Parker Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Snow, Hildegarde, sculptor. Title:  Parker Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Mary Folsom Parker Drinking Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated May 20, 1940. Relocated 1979. Medium:  Stone. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 7 ft. Inscription:  (Front of base:) MARY FOLSOM PARKER MEMORIAL Description:  Two children, a boy and a girl, hold a large shell in their hands as they run along the seashore while waves break around their legs. The sculpture rests on a round, two-stepped base. Two pools have been carved out of the lower step to hold water from the fountain. Subject:  Homage -- Parker, Mary Folsom Children Object -- Other -- Shell Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Swimming Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- East Bridgewater Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of East Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts Located East Bridgewater Public Library, 32 Union Street, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts Remarks:  Funds for the drinking fountain were provided in the will of Mary Folsom Parker. The fountain was originally located on the front lawn of the library on Bedford Street, but was moved when an addition was built in 1979. The sculpture was relocated to the corner where the new section of the library joins the main library. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire. References:  Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1998. 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 87740194   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87740194 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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