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ID: 700009576
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009576
Record Type: Movable Work
Madonna of the Trail Monuments (statues; commissioned by the Daughters of the American Revolution (Am...; 1928-1929; various locations (World, Top of the TGN hierarchy))
Note: Series of 12 identical monuments commissioned by the Daughters of the American Revolution, designed by August Leimbach. The monuments depict a woman holding a small child and a rifle with a small boy at her side. Installed in each of the 12 states along the National Old Trails Road, from Cumberland, Maryland, to Upland, California.
Titles:
Madonna of the Trail Monuments (preferred,C,U,D,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: series
Work Types:
statues [300047600] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)
monument [300006958]
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>)

Classifications:
sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1928-1929

Creator Display:
commissioned by the Daughters of the American Revolution (American patriotic society, established 1890); statue by August Leimbach‏ (German-American sculptor, 1882-1965) [preferred]
patron Daughters of the American Revolution (American patriotic society, established 1890) [500404220]
sculptor Leimbach, August‏ (German-American sculptor, 1882-1965) [500404221]
Locations:
Current: various locations [8698129] World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: cast stone
cast stone [300254121]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by property>, imitative materials, artificial stone)

Dimensions: statue: 10 feet in height
Cultures:
American (preferred)

General Subject:
allegory (preferred)
human figures

Specific Subjects:
pioneer [300112128]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>) (AAT)
woman (female human) [300025943]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)
boy [300247598]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)
infant [300189561]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by age group>, youth (people), children (people by age group)) (AAT)
rifle (long gun) [300037181]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, projectile weapons, <projectile weapons with explosive propellant>, firearms, small arms, <small arms by form>, long guns) (AAT)

Inscriptions: North side: THE NATIONAL ROAD COMPLETED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THIS POINT IN 1939. North side of base: FROM THIS POINT WESTWARD BUILT South side of base: THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF HERE GENERAL GOERGE ROGERS CLARK COMMANDING KENTUCKY FRONTIERSMAEN VANQUISEHD THE SHAWNEE CONFEDERACY AUGUST 8, 1780 RESULITNG IN OPENING OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY. East side of base: MADONNA OF THE TRAIL N.S.D.A.R. MEMORIAL TO THE PIONEER MOTHERS OF THE COVERED WAGON DAYS. West side of base: THE NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD West side: THE NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ROAD.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures
Sources and Contributors:
Madonna of the Trail Monuments........ [VP]
........ Bauer, Madonna of the Trail Monuments (1984)
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Cultural Heritage Informatics Class Projects (2015-) https://madonnaofthetrailspringfield.wordpress.com/, Penelope Schumacher: accessed 11 October 2017
..... Bauer, Madonna of the Trail Monuments (1984)
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