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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Slatington
     
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    Fireman Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    E. T. Barnum Wire and Iron Work, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Fireman Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1909. Rededicated July 1980. Rededicated Sept. 11, 2010.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: painted metal; Base: painted metal.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 x 3 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 6 ft. 3 in. x 5 ft. x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    FURNISHED BY E. T. BARNUM, DETROIT, MICH. (On front of base, beneath fountain:) ERECTED BY THE/SLATINGTON HOSE COMPANY/NO. 1/1909 (Brass plate beneath proper left leg:) COMMITTEE/EVAN W. EVANS, CHIEF/HORACE B. STECKEL/P.J. DOUGHERTY/JACKSON UTT/WINFIELD ROPER/A.N. KENNEL (Brass plate beneath proper right leg:) RESTORATION COMMITTEE/JULY 19, 1980 (list of names) Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A fireman holds a young baby draped in a white sheet in his proper left hand, and a bronze lantern with his proper right hand. The fireman wears a uniform, with blue coat and pants with gold trim, and a red fireman's hat. The sculpture is mounted on a columnar base with yellow rope and fleur-de-lis reliefs. In front there is a spout and basin, and a working water fountain on the back.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Occupation -- Service -- Fireman
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Slatington
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Borough of Slatington, Borough Office, 125 South Walnut Street, Slatington, Pennsylvania 18080
    Located 550 Main Street, Slatington, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was restored in 1980 after it was damaged by a hit-and-run driver in the fall of 1979. Following the restoration the sculpture was rededicated in July 1980. The sculpture was rededicated on Sept. 11, 2010, and attending the rededication ceremony were members of the 1980 restoration committee.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    The Morning Call (Allentown, PA), Sept. 7, 2010.
    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 PA001796
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