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    		• Ziegler, F.,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Quincy
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Quincy World War I Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ziegler, F., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Quincy World War I Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1928.
    Medium: 
    Relief plaque: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Relief plaque: approx. H. 4 ft. x W. 5 ft.; Base: approx. 6 x 7 x 2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    F.F. Ziegler 1928 (On front of plaque:) 1917 IN MEMORIAM 1918/THE CITY OF QUINCY GRATEFULLY REMEMBERS/THE DEEDS AND PERPETUATES THE MEMORY OF/THE MEN WHO RESPONDED TO THE CALL FOR/SERVICE IN THE WORLD WAR AND WHO GAVE/THEIR LIVES IN UPHOLDING THE HONOR AND/GLORY OF THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES/(list of names)/IN THE SERVICE OF ALLIED COUNTRIES/(list of names) signed
    Description: 
    Attached to a rough granite stele is a large bronze inscription plaque adorned with a relief of a soldier on one side and a sailor on the other side. The soldier holds his rifle slung over his proper right shoulder and the sailor hold his rifle vertically in front of him with his hands resting on the top of the barrel. Centered above the inscription is the City of Quincy seal.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War I
    Figure group -- Male
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Occupation -- Military -- Sailor
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Emblem -- Seal
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Quincy
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Quincy, Quincy, Massachusetts
    Located 8 Adams Street, grounds of Adams Academy, Quincy, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture is located in front of the Adams Academy which now home to the Quincy Historical Society. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Object questionnaire dated July 1,1986. For additional information see: Paul R. Lyons, "Quincy: A Pictorial History," 1983, pg. 99; the Quincy Historical Society (Spring 1986): pg. 3-4; and the Quincy Patriot Ledger, Jan. 7, 1947, pg. E-11.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
    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 MA000792
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