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Fiorello H. La Guardia

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Sculptor: Jo Davidson
Architect: Eggers & Higgins
Description: Bust (life-size) on pedestal
Materials: Bronze, Minnesota rainbow granite
Dimensions: Bust H: 1'6" W: 1'11"; Pedestal H: 6'9" W: 2'8" D: 1'2"
Cast: 1934
Dedicated: September 20, 1957
Donor: La Guardia Memorial Association
Inscription: FIORELLO LA GUARDIA / 1882-1947 / STATESMAN / HUMANITARIAN/
AVIATOR / MAYOR OF / THE CITY OF NEW YORK / 1934-1945 / I HAVE FOUGHT
A GOOD FIGHT / I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE / I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH/
*** II TIMOTH IV. 7 / THIS MEMORIAL / ERECTED BY / THE LA GUARDIA/
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION / 1957

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