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(Justice Building Reliefs), (sculpture). Artist:  Williams, Malcolm, sculptor. Title:  (Justice Building Reliefs), (sculpture). Dates:  1940. Medium:  Marble. Description:  Ten Art Deco style reliefs encircle the fifth floor of the Binghamton Justice Building in Broome County, New York. Beginning at the southwest corner and moving across the front, the reliefs are: 1) "Erie 1848," the first Erie Railroad train, gazed on by a young Native-American; 2) "Law" symbols of Law, including scales of justice; 3) "Liberty" a seated allegorical figure of Liberty; 4) "The First Court 1791" seven colonial male figures representing the first court held in Broome County; 5) "Education," symbols include a kneeling man holding a globe; 6) "Transportation," symbols include two steers and an airplane; 7) "Chenango Canal," depicts a dockman; 8) "Courthouse 1857" the third Broome County Courthouse; 9) "Agriculture," symbols of farming; 10) "Industry," symbols of local industry. Subject:  History -- United States -- New York Figure male -- Waist length Ethnic -- Indian Architecture -- Vehicle -- Train Allegory -- Civic -- Law Object -- Tool -- Scale Allegory -- Quality -- Justice Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Figure group -- Male Dress -- Historic -- Eighteenth Century Dress Figure male -- Full length Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education Animal -- Cattle Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane Waterscape -- Canal -- Chenango Canal Occupation -- Transportation Architecture -- Civic -- Broome County Courthouse Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Binghamton Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Justice Building, On facade, Binghamton, New York Remarks:  The Broome County Justice Building opened on April 1, 1940. A nearby plaque reads: "George R. Hervey/Justice Building/Broome County Office Building." IAS files contain an excerpt from Marjory Barnum Hinman's "Court House Square: A Social History," Endicott, NY: Union Press, 1984. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Hinman, Marjory Barnum, "Court House Square: A Social History," Endicott, NY: Union Press, 1984. 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 NY000768   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY000768 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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