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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Weapon
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Millvale
Sculpture
Doughboy, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Doughboy, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1920.
Medium:
Figure: metal; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 6 x 3 x 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 8 ft. x W. 6 ft.
Inscription:
(On North Avenue side of base:) 1917 1919/THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THOSE FROM/MILLVALE/WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR/(three columns of veterans' names)/IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/FOR THE GREAT CAUSE/(two columns of deceased veterans' names) (Plaques on the other two sides of the base continue list of Millvale's veterans in raised letters) unsigned
Description:
A World War I soldier in uniform steps forward. He is slightly crouched and with both hands points his rifle and its bayonet forward. He wears a helmet and backpack and from his belt hangs a knife in its sheath. He stands atop a three-sided base with plaques.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Dress -- Accessory -- Helmet
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Object -- Weapon -- Dagger
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Millvale
Sculpture
Owner:
Veterans of Foreign Wars Millvale Post 118, 605 North Avenue, Across from 605 North Avenue, facing Klopper Street, Millvale, Pennsylvania 15209
Remarks:
Dedicated to Millvale residents who served in the First World War.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
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 PA000286
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Inventory of American Sculpture
PA000286
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