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    		• Dupont Monument Company,
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Homage -- Lombardo, Joseph
     
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    		• Homage -- Insalaco, Leonard II
     
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    		• Disaster -- Fire
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittston
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Fireman, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Dupont Monument Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    The Fireman, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 19, 1994.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 64 in. x 10 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 1 ft. x 12 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of memorial:) (West Pittston Fire Dept. seal) PITTSTON CITY FIRE DEPART./WEST PITTSTON HOSE CO. 1/DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF FIREFIGHTERS/JOHN F. LOMBARDO AND LEONARD C. INSALACO II./TWO BRAVE HEROES WHO PERISHED IN THE/LINE OF DUTY ON MARCH 15, 1993 WHILE/FIGHTING A FIRE ON NORTH MAIN STREET, PITTSTON CITY./THEIR MEMORY WILL LIVE IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER./LEST WE FORGET unsigned
    Description: 
    A granite marker with on front, two fireman holding a hose battling a fire. The memorial is set atop a black polished granite base.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
    Homage -- Lombardo, Joseph
    Homage -- Insalaco, Leonard II
    Disaster -- Fire
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Pittston, Pittston Fire Department, 20 Kennedy Street, Pittston, Pennsylvania 18640
    Administered by West Pittston Hose Co. 1, P. O. Box 130, West Pittston, Pennsylvania
    Located South Main Street, near steel bridge crossing to West Pittson, Pittston, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    The memorial was erected in honor of two cousins who were volunteer firemen, Leonard Insalaco II (from West Pittston) and Joseph Lombardo (from Pittston). They were killed on March 15, 1994 while battling a devastating fire at a shop on Main Street. The cost of the memorial was $43,000. It was designed by Dupont Monument Co. For further reading see Osterhout Library, reference room, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 PA001743
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