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Richmond Monuments,
Figure male -- Waist length
Figure female -- Child
Occupation -- Service
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Dighton
Relief
Stele
Sculpture
Firemen's Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Richmond Monuments, fabricator.
Title:
Firemen's Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
1972. Dedicated June 1973.
Medium:
Granite.
Dimensions:
Approx. 2 1/2 x 1 ft.
Inscription:
(On front:) IN MEMORY OF DEPARTED MEMBERS/DIGHTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
Description:
A low granite stele engraved with an image of a fireman carrying a young girl down a fire ladder.
Subject:
Figure male -- Waist length
Figure female -- Child
Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Dighton
Relief
Stele
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Dighton, Dighton, Massachusetts
Located Dighton Elementary School, Somerset Avenue, Dighton, Massachusetts
Remarks:
This memorial purchased by the Fireman's Association in Oct. 1972 honors Dighton firefighters who have lost their lives. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
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 MA000447
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MA000447
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