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    		• Stefanazzi & Spargo Granite Company,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male & Child
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Waterford
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Waterford Fire Departments Firemans Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Stefanazzi & Spargo Granite Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Waterford Fire Departments Firemans Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Firemans Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 30, 1976.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: appears to be cast stone; Base: granite; Foundation: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. x 16 in. x 12 in.; Base: approx. 36 1/2 in. x 2 ft. x 12 in.; Foundation: approx. 4 x 32 x 16 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Front of base, incised:) (Around insignia:) WATERFORD F.D./(Within insignia:) 1/(Below insignia:) IN MEMORY OF THE/VILLAGE FIREMEN WHO/HAVE SERVED SO MANY/SO WELL AND FOR SO LONG./ERECTED BY THE/VILLAGE OF/WATERFORD, N.Y./MAY 30, 1976 (Rear of base:) KNICKERBOCKER/STEAMER CO. #1 1812/OLDEST VOLUNTEERS IN U.S.A./J.W. FORD HOSE. #2/1899/CAVANAUGH/HOOK & LADDER CO. #1/1900 unsigned
    Description: 
    A standing figure of a uniformed fireman cradling an infant in his bent proper left arm. The infant reaches up and places her proper right hand on the fireman's chest. She is dressed in a nightgown and has shoulder-length hair. The fireman is dressed in a knee-length coat, boots, and fireman's helmet. The sculpture rests on a tall square base which is set on a square foundation.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male & Child
    Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
    Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Waterford
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Waterford, Parks Department, 65 Broad Street, Waterford, New York 12188
    Located Intersection of Broad & 6th Streets, in front of St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Waterford, New York
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture commemorates the firemen of Waterford, New York. The engraving on base was by Stefannazzi & Spargo Granite Company.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    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 NY000492
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