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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Unknown,     Figure male -- Full length     Occupation -- Service     Dress -- Uniform     Homage -- Perkins, Harry H.     Homage -- Kruger Louis J.     Homage -- Humpurt, Joseph F.     Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Red Wing     Sculpture

(Firefighters Memorial), (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  (Firefighters Memorial), (sculpture). Dates:  1900. Dedicated Sept. 3, 1900. Medium:  Sculpture: granite; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. 9 ft. x 50 in. x 50 in. Inscription:  (Incised on base, front:) ERECTED TO THEIR/HONORED DEAD/BY THE/RED WING/FIRE DEPARTMENT/SEPT. 3, 1900 (Date is in raised letters) (Incised on base, left:) HARRY H. PERKINS/1892-1957 (Incised on base, rear:) LOUIS J. KRUGER/1879-1954 (Incised on base, right:) JOS. F. HUMPURT/APR. 8, 1863/AUG. 12, 1888 unsigned Description:  Full-length male figure of a firefighter stands on a pedestal and tiered base. He wears a 19th century style uniform with long coat, boots and cap. He holds a fire hose in both hands diagonally in front of him. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform Homage -- Perkins, Harry H. Homage -- Kruger Louis J. Homage -- Humpurt, Joseph F. Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Red Wing Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Red Wing, Box 34, Red Wing, Minnesota 55066 Located Oakwood Cemetery, East Avenue at 16th Street, Red Wing, Minnesota Remarks:  Erected by the Red Wing Fire Department in memory of colleagues killed in the line of duty. The dedication of the monument coincided with the state's first observance of Labor Day. IAS files include a related article from the Red Wing Daily Republican, Sept. 4, 1900. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota 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 MN000561   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000561 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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