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Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after) Title:  Statue of Liberty Replica, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1950 or 1951. Medium:  Statue: copper sheeting, welded, soldered, and gilded; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Statue: approx. H. 8 ft. Inscription:  (On plaque on front of base:) WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF/THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE/POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE/UNITED STATES/THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA/DEDICATE THIS REPLICA OF THE/STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE/OF EVERLASTING FIDELITY AND/LOYALTY Description:  A female figure, representing Liberty, dressed in long flowing robes and a pointed headpiece, stands with her proper right arm raised, holding a torch. Her proper left arm cradles a tablet. The figure is placed atop an attenuated base that rests on a star-shaped platform. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Object -- Written Matter Object -- Other -- Torch Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Harlan Copy Sculpture Owner:  Coadministered by City of Gaylord, Gaylord, Kansas Coadministered by City of Smith Center, Smith Center, Kansas Coadministered by City of Harlan, Harlan, Kansas Located Roadside Park, US 281, 5 miles from Gaylord - Harlan, Harlan, Kansas Remarks:  This is one of nearly 200 small replicas of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (IAS record 76003645) placed around the country as part of the Boy Scouts of America's 40th anniversary (1950). According to a March 1986 Fact Sheet from the Boy Scouts of America (on file in IAS), the idea for the project originated with Jack Whitaker, then Scout Commissioner of the Kansas City Area Council. The copper statues were manufactured by Friedley-Voshardt Co. (Chicago, IL) and purchased through the Kansas City Boy Scouts office. Donated by C. A. Kalbfleisch. IAS files contain a related article from The Wichita Eagle, May 4, 1995, pg. 1D, 4D, which discusses vandalism of the statue and gives the installation date as 1951; SOS! survey gives dedication date as 1950. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Wichita Eagle, May 4, 1995, pg. 1D, 4D. 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 KS000302   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000302 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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