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Elk, (sculpture). Artist:  Bureau Brothers, founder. Title:  Elk, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Oct. 15, 1906. Relocated 1976. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 x 5 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. x W. 2 1/2 ft. (1,000 lbs.). Inscription:  BUREAU BROS. (Plaque on base of sculpture, raised lettering:) RECLAIMED, REFURBISHED AND ERECTED/DURING THE TENURE OF/(list of forty names) Founder's mark appears. Description:  An elk with its head turned to its proper left stands atop a rectangular base near the front entrance to the Elks lodge. Subject:  Animal -- Deer Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg Sculpture Owner:  Elk BPOE Lodge 12, 2201 Woodlawn Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101 Provenance:  Formerly located Reservoir Park, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1906-1976. Remarks:  In 1906, the Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks erected the elk sculpture in Reservoir Park in front of a monument with a bronze bust of Meade D. Detweiler (IAS record PA000999), a former leader of the Elks grand lodge. In March 1976, vandals removed the bronze bust of Detweiler and toppled the elk, breaking its antler. After the elk was repaired it was installed in front of the Elk lodge. IAS files contain an excerpt from an unidentified newspaper and a list of the names that appear on the base plaque. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Related Works:  Component of: IAS PA000999. 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 PA000994   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000994 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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