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    		• Horn, Gerald D.,
     
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    		• T. F. McGann & Sons Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Cooperstown
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (WWI Soldier), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Horn, Gerald D., sculptor.
    T. F. McGann & Sons Company, founder.
    Title: 
    (WWI Soldier), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    World War I Soldier, (sculpture).
    Doughboy Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1920.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 x 4 x 2.5 ft.; Base: approx. 6 x 8 x 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    T. F. McGann and Sons Co. - FDY/Boston - Mass (Left side of cast bronze base of figure: Gerald D. Ho(rn) (Front of granite base:) Erected/by/the people of Cooperstown/in honor of all who served/in memory of those who fell/1917 - World War - 1918 (Rear of granite base:) In memory of/(two columns of twenty-seven names) In honor of the men from/Cooperstown who served their country during the World War/1917-1918/(three columns of 163 names)/U.S. Army/Nurses Corps/(ten names) signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A uniformed World War I infantryman stands holding his rifle horizontally at waist level with both hands, the butt of the rifle in his proper right hand. He wears a helmet, packs on his chest and on his back, and carries a water bottle on his proper right hip. The sculpture rests on a granite boulder for a base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Cooperstown
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Pine Boulevard meridian, north end, near intersection of Lake Street, Cooperstown, New York
    Remarks: 
    The monument commemorates World War I soldiers. SOS! surveyor reports artist as "Gerald D. Ho(rn)?" and indicates that it is possible that the sculpture is signed. For related information see the New York State Historical Association Library (Cooperstown, NY), Special Collections, Ward File. IAS files contain photocopies of historic photos of the monument from the Ward File, at least one taken at the dedication, with the following collection numbers: PH 15.903; PH 15.904; 15.904; 15.905.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    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 NY000484
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