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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Object -- Tool
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- North Brunswick
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Stele
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Firemen's Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Firemen's Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1988.
    Medium: 
    Memorial: granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Memorial: approx. 112 x 121 x 10 in.; Base: approx. 11 1/2 x 144 x 24 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On upper front of memorial's center panel, incised:) VOLUNTEERS (On lower front of memorial's center panel, incised:) DEDICATED TO THOSE/BRAVE FIREMEN WHO/WORK TO PROTECT OUR/LIVES AND PROPERTY/DEDICATED 1988 (On front of left panel, incised:) (Emblem of Exempt Firemen's Association of North Brunswick)/EXEMPT FIREMEN'S/ASSOCIATION/OF/NORTH BRUNSWICK/NEW JERSEY/1938 (On front of right panel, incised:) MEMBER FIRE COMPANIES/NORTH BRUNSWICK VOLUNTEER/ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1/1925/NORTH BRUNSWICK VOLUNTEER/ENGINE COMPANY NO. 2/1926/NORTH BRUNSWICK VOLUNTEER/FIRE COMPANY NO. 3/1959 (On back midsection of memorial's center panel, incised:) (Emblem of Exempt Firemens Association of North Brunswick) (On plaque on lower back of memorial's center panel:) NORTH BRUNSWICK/EXEMPT FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION/(List of eight names follows) unsigned
    Description: 
    A memorial consisting of a tall inscribed stele decorated with a high relief of a fireman, dressed in a fireman's uniform, standing and holding a firehose with both hands. The center stele is flanked by two inscribed lower panels. The memorial rests on a low rectangular foundation.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
    Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform
    Object -- Tool -- Hose
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- North Brunswick
    Relief
    Stele
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located 1000 block of Livingston Avenue near Parkway, facing North Brunswick Post Office, North Brunswick, New Jersey 08902
    Remarks: 
    Memorial was dedicated to those firemen who work to protect the lives and property of the community. IAS files contain transcription of names on plaque.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
    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 NJ000237
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