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Location:
West of north end of Mall, opposite Naumberg Bandshell
Sculptor:
Georg John Lober
Architect:
Otto Langman
Description:
Flagstaff supported by sleeve ornamented with leaves and ending in four medallions in relief and four standing eagles with outspread wings, on pedestal
Materials:
Flagstaff--iron; Sleeve--bronze; Pedestal--Deer Isle granite
Dimensions:
Sleeve H: 4'11" W: 3'2" D: 3'2"; Pedestal H: 6'1" W: 7'6" D: 7'6"
Cast:
ca 1926
Dedicated:
1926
Donor:
Mrs. Charles Augustine Robinson
Inscription:
1
"IN COMMEMORATION OF THE HEROISM AND SACRIFICES OF THE CITY
EMPLOYEES WHO FOUGHT IN THE VARIOUS WARS OF THE UNITED STATES"
2
"PRESENTED BY MRS. CHARLES AUGUSTINE ROBINSON NATIONAL FLAG-LADY OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES"
seals
[State of New York;] [U. S. Army;] [U.S. Navy;] [City of New York]
West of north end of Mall, opposite Naumberg Bandshell
Sculptor:
Georg John Lober
Architect:
Otto Langman
Description:
Flagstaff supported by sleeve ornamented with leaves and ending in four medallions in relief and four standing eagles with outspread wings, on pedestal
Materials:
Flagstaff--iron; Sleeve--bronze; Pedestal--Deer Isle granite
Dimensions:
Sleeve H: 4'11" W: 3'2" D: 3'2"; Pedestal H: 6'1" W: 7'6" D: 7'6"
Cast:
ca 1926
Dedicated:
1926
Donor:
Mrs. Charles Augustine Robinson
Inscription:
1
"IN COMMEMORATION OF THE HEROISM AND SACRIFICES OF THE CITY
EMPLOYEES WHO FOUGHT IN THE VARIOUS WARS OF THE UNITED STATES"
2
"PRESENTED BY MRS. CHARLES AUGUSTINE ROBINSON NATIONAL FLAG-LADY OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES"
seals
[State of New York;] [U. S. Army;] [U.S. Navy;] [City of New York]
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