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Statue of Liberty (Replica), (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. (copy after) Title:  Statue of Liberty (Replica), (sculpture). Dates:  1950. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft. x W. 29 in.; Base: approx. 71 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft. Inscription:  (Inscription plaque on front of base:) JULY 4 DCXXVI unsigned (On tablet held by Liberty:) WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE UNITED STATES. BOYS SCOUTS OF AMERICA DEDICATE THIS COPY OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE OF EVERLASTING FIDELITY AND LOYALTY. THIS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CRUSADE TO STRENGTHEN THE ARM OF LIBERTY 1950 unsigned Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object -- Written Matter Object -- Other -- Torch Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita Copy Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Wichita Public School System, Art Education, 201 North Water, Wichita, Kansas 67202 Located Roosevelt Middle School, 2100 East Douglas, Wichita, Kansas Remarks:  This is one of nearly 200 small replicas of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty (IAS record 76003645) placed around the country as part of the Boy Scouts of America's 40th anniversary (1950). According to a March 1986 Fact Sheet from the Boy Scouts of America (on file in IAS), the idea for the project originated with Jack Whitaker, then Scout Commissioner of the Kansas City Area Council. The copper statues were manufactured by Friedley-Voshardt Co. (Chicago, IL) and purchased through the Kansas City Boy Scouts office. The sculpture is located just northeast of Roosevelt Middle School, which is adjacent to Wichita High School East. Roosevelt Middle School was formerly Roosevelt Junior High School and may also be known as the Roosevelt Intermediary School. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1994. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Paulsen, Chris, ed., "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., c. 1989 (booklet). Illustration:  Image on file. Paulsen, Chris, ed., "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., pg. 18. 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 75005005   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75005005 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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