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    		• Barry, Eileen,
     
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    		• Joel Meisner & Company, Inc.,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rockaway Beach
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    First Woman Veteran's Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Barry, Eileen, sculptor.
    Joel Meisner & Company, Inc., founder.
    Title: 
    First Woman Veteran's Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1988. Dedicated 1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: silicon bronze with patina; Base: gray granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    Eileen Barry Joel Meisner signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length female soldier. She wears fatigues including belted shirt and trousers tucked into lace-up boots. She holds a helmet against her proper left hip with her proper left hand. A pack hangs from a strap on her proper right shoulder; she holds the strap with her proper right hand. The bronze sculpture stands on a gray granite base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Military history
    Figure female -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rockaway Beach
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Daniel M. O'Connell American Legion Post, Rockaway Beach, New York
    Located Veterans Memorial Plaza, Beach 94th Street & Beach 95th Street, Rockaway Beach, New York
    Remarks: 
    Cost of the sculpture was approx. $80,000. Funds for the sculpture were provided by the Daniel M. O'Connell American Legion Post ($30,000), the state of New York ($11,000), and private contributions. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Newsday, the Long Island Newspaper, July 13 and 17, and Sept. 28, 1989.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Newsday, The Long Island Newspaper, July 13, 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 NY000887
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