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    		• Crunelle, Leonard,
     
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    		• Berchem, Jules,
     
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    		• American Bronze Company,
     
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    		• John Clark Company,
     
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    		• Charles G. Blake Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure female
     
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    		• Ethnic -- African American
     
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    		• Allegory -- Life
     
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    		• Allegory -- Other
     
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    		• Allegory -- Place
     
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    		• Figure male
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Victory, World War I Black Soldiers' Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Crunelle, Leonard, 1872-1944, sculptor.
    Berchem, Jules, 1855-1930, caster.
    American Bronze Company, founder.
    John Clark Company, carver.
    Charles G. Blake Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Victory, World War I Black Soldiers' Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Victory Monument, (sculpture).
    Negro Victory, (sculpture).
    Columbia, (sculpture).
    Negro Soldier, (sculpture).
    Monument to Negro Soldiers, (sculpture).
    370th Infantry Monument, (sculpture).
    Three Hundred Seventieth Infantry Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Victory Monument 1926. Installed 1927. Dedicated 1928. Doughboy cast 1928. Installed: 1936.
    Medium: 
    Relief panels and doughboy: bronze; Shaft: white granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Doughboy: approx. 6 x 2 1/2 ft. Base: approx. H. 22 ft. Panels: 10 x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    L. Crunelle S 1928 / American Art Bronze Fdy Jules Berchem and Sons, Chicago, 1928, Art Bronze Founders Since 1885 (Base:) VICTORY signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A white granite shaft topped with a bronze doughboy sculpture. On the monument's shaft are three bronze relief panels depicting life-sized figures. (Victory Panel:) Left full-length profile of a Classically draped African-American female figure representing motherhood. In her hand she holds a branch symbolizing Victory. (Columbia Panel:) Full-length Classically draped female figure with a helmet on her head. In her proper left hand she holds a tablet inscribed with the names of battles in which African-American soldiers fought. (African-American Soldier Panel:) A bare chested African-American soldier of the 370th Infantry, which fought in France, standing with an eagle in left profile in front of him.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    History -- United States -- Black History
    Figure female
    Ethnic -- African American
    Allegory -- Life -- Womanhood
    Allegory -- Other -- Triumph
    Allegory -- Place -- America
    Figure male
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605
    Located East 35th Street and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Chicago, Illinois
    Remarks: 
    In 1927, the State of Illinois erected this monument in the Chicago neighborhood known as "Bronzeville," which was home of the "Fighting Eighth" Regiment of the Illinois National Guard. The names of 137 members of the Eighth Infantry, Illinois National Guard, who lost their lives during World War I are inscribed on a bronze panel. The Eighth Regiment of the Illinois National Guard was reorganized as the 370th U.S. Infantry of the 93rd Division, and this regiment saw service on WWI major battlefields, distinguishing itself as the last regiment pursuing the retreating German forces in the Aisne-Marne region of France, just before the Nov. 11, 1918 Armistice. The doughboy on top of the shaft was added in 1936. IAS files contain unidentified published excerpt on sculpture and photocopied image.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 216.
    Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 247.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL0050, 1989.
    Monumental News, Aug. 1929, pg. 381.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992.
    SOS Achievement Award, 1998.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 216.
    Monumental News, Aug. 1929, pg. 381.
    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 75004357
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