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    		• Svenson, John Edward,
     
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    		• Travel -- Land
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Animal -- Dog
     
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    		• Animal -- Beaver
     
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    		• Animal -- Bear
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Skagway
     
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    (Skaguay), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Svenson, John Edward, 1923- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    (Skaguay), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1986.
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: metal with railroad track; Base: metal.
    Dimensions: 
    Each relief approx: 24 x 22 x 1/3 in.; Supporting railroad track: approx. 30 in. x 8 ft. x 32 in; Base: approx. 3 ft. x 4 ft. x 20 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque on base:) SKAGUAY/JOHN EDWARD SVENSON/SCULPTOR N.S.S./1986 unsigned
    Description: 
    Section of a train track with four panels of reliefs on either side. The panels on one side of the track depict: 1) A man and a girl standing on a dock in front of a ship. The girl holds a bird in her proper left hand; 2) Three men, and a dog loaded with equipment in the foreground. Horses with packs are in the background; 3) A man and two women with children in front of a sled with a building and a horse drawn sled in the background; and 4) A steam engine with three men carrying various tools. The panels on the other side depict: 1) Two ravens and a beaver; 2) A bear with two fish; 3) A goat with two birds; and 4) An eagle with two eaglets.
    Subject: 
    Landscape -- Alaska -- Skagway
    Travel -- Water -- Boat
    Travel -- Land -- Sleigh
    Travel -- Land -- Train
    Figure group
    Animal -- Dog
    Animal -- Beaver
    Animal -- Bear
    Animal -- Goat
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Animal -- Fish
    Animal -- Horse
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alaska -- Skagway
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Skagway City School, Education, Mall Street & 15th Avenue, Skagway, Alaska
    Remarks: 
    Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
    IAS files contain diagrams with detailed dimensions of the sculpture.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alaska 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 AK000062
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