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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Carlisle
Sculpture
World War I Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
World War I Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
1919. Dedicated Nov. 11, 1919.
Medium:
Soldier: painted concrete; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Soldier: approx. 6 ft. x 30 in. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 6 x 8 x 3 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) ERECTED IN HONOR OF THE SOLDERIS SAILORS MARINES AND AVIATORS OF THIS COMMUNITY (4 columns of names, with header:) SOLDIERS OVERSEAS (Rear of base:) APRIL 8, 1917-NOVEMBER 11, 1918 UNVEILED --NOVEMBER 11, 1919 unsigned
Description:
A war memorial originally consisting of two life-size figures, a sailor and a soldier, atop rectangular inscribed base, flanked by a shorter column. The sailor and column are now missing. All that remains is the base and a World War I soldier. The soldier stands in uniform holding a rifle stock in his proper right hand. He wears a hat and what may be an ammunition belt.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Carlisle
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Carlisle Grade School, 649 Ladgerwood Street, P. O. Box 649, Carlisle, Indiana 47838
Located Rice, G., 99 Eaton Street, Carlisle, Indiana 47838
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
All that remains of the original memorial is a base located in the school yard; and the figure of a soldier located on the property of G. Rice.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 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 IN000453
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Inventory of American Sculpture
IN000453
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