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(Firefighter Memorial), (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  (Firefighter Memorial), (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1921. Medium:  Figure: granite; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 7 x 5 x 5 ft. Inscription:  (Front of base, raised:) PERTH AMBOY/FIRE/DEPARTMENT (Side of base:) Erected by the/Volunteer firemen/1921 signed Description:  A uniformed fireman with a moustache wearing a helmet, coat, pants, and boots. He holds the nozzle of a hose with both hands and a hook hangs at the proper right side of his waist. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform Object -- Tool -- Hose Dress -- Accessory -- Helmet Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Perth Amboy Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Perth Amboy, Department of Parks and Public Works, 599 Fayette Avenue, Perth Amboy, New Jersey 08861 Located Alpine Cemetery, 703 Amboy Avenue, Perth Amboy, New Jersey Remarks:  Erected by volunteer firemen to commemorate the death of nine firemen who were killed when their engine crashed into a locomotive June 15, 1921. IAS files contain related information from "The WPA Guide to 1930s New Jersey: Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration," New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1989, pg. 368. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey 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 NJ000046   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NJ000046 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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