The E. M. Viquesney "Spirit of the American Doughboy" Database
  • Welcome / Contact
  • Introduction
  • Site Map
  • "The Spirit of the American Doughboy"
  • "E. M. Viquesney, Sculptor"
  • The Doughboy War: Viquesney vs. John Paulding
  • "Our Mr. Wesley"
  • Currently Known Viquesney Doughboy Locations
    • Alabama>
      • Anniston, Alabama
        • Bessemer, Alabama
          • Birmingham, Alabama
          • Arizona>
            • Kingman, Arizona
            • Arkansas>
              • Fort Smith, Arkansas
                • Helena, Arkansas
                • Colorado>
                  • Colorado Springs, Colorado
                  • Connecticut>
                    • Bethel, Connecticut
                      • North Canaan, Connecticut
                      • Florida>
                        • Clearwater, Florida
                          • Palatka, Florida
                            • Sarasota, Florida (1998 Copy)
                            • Georgia>
                              • Americus, Georgia
                                • Americus, Georgia, p. 2
                                  • Americus, Georgia, p. 3
                                    • Griffin, Georgia
                                      • Madison, Georgia
                                        • Nashville, Georgia
                                          • Trion (Summerville), Georgia
                                            • Waycross, Georgia
                                            • Idaho>
                                              • Payette, Idaho
                                              • Illinois>
                                                • Alton, Illinois
                                                  • Chicago (Lincoln Park), Illinois
                                                    • Chicago (Soldier Field), Illinois
                                                      • Columbia, Illinois
                                                        • Herrin, Illinois
                                                          • Naperville, Illinois
                                                          • Indiana>
                                                            • Attica, Indiana
                                                              • Evansville, Indiana
                                                                • Fort Wayne, Indiana
                                                                  • Greencastle, Indiana
                                                                    • Hartford City, Indiana
                                                                      • Hobart, Indiana
                                                                        • Muncie, Indiana
                                                                          • New Castle, Indiana
                                                                            • Peru, Indiana
                                                                              • Spencer, Indiana
                                                                                • Spencer, Indiana, p. 2
                                                                                  • Spencer, Indiana, p. 3
                                                                                    • Spencer, Indiana's "Phantom" Doughboy
                                                                                      • Winchester, Indiana
                                                                                      • Iowa>
                                                                                        • Mason City, Iowa
                                                                                          • Mechanicsville, Iowa
                                                                                          • Kansas>
                                                                                            • Axtell, Kansas
                                                                                              • Oakley, Kansas
                                                                                                • Parsons, Kansas
                                                                                                • Kentucky>
                                                                                                  • Grayson, Kentucky
                                                                                                    • Harlan, Kentucky
                                                                                                      • Jamestown, Kentucky
                                                                                                        • Liberty, Kentucky
                                                                                                          • Monticello, Kentucky
                                                                                                            • Morehead, Kentucky
                                                                                                              • Pikeville, Kentucky
                                                                                                                • Winchester, Kentucky
                                                                                                                • Maine>
                                                                                                                  • Lincoln, Maine
                                                                                                                  • Maryland>
                                                                                                                    • Crisfield, Maryland
                                                                                                                      • Emmitsburg, Maryland
                                                                                                                      • Massachusetts>
                                                                                                                        • Winchendon, Massachusetts
                                                                                                                        • Michigan>
                                                                                                                          • Berkley, Michigan
                                                                                                                            • St. Joseph, Michigan
                                                                                                                            • Minnesota>
                                                                                                                              • New Ulm, Minnesota
                                                                                                                              • Mississippi>
                                                                                                                                • Meridian, Mississippi
                                                                                                                                • Missouri>
                                                                                                                                  • Bolivar, Missouri
                                                                                                                                    • Lexington, Missouri
                                                                                                                                      • Sedalia, Missouri
                                                                                                                                      • Montana>
                                                                                                                                        • Columbia Falls, Montana
                                                                                                                                          • Fort Benton, Montana
                                                                                                                                          • Nebraska>
                                                                                                                                            • Omaha, Nebraska
                                                                                                                                            • New Jersey>
                                                                                                                                              • Belmar, New Jersey
                                                                                                                                                • Dover, New Jersey
                                                                                                                                                  • Fair Haven, New Jersey
                                                                                                                                                    • Frenchtown, New Jersey
                                                                                                                                                      • Matawan, New Jersey
                                                                                                                                                        • Perth Amboy, New Jersey
                                                                                                                                                          • Roselle Park, New Jersey
                                                                                                                                                            • Secaucus, New Jersey
                                                                                                                                                            • New York>
                                                                                                                                                              • Castile, New York
                                                                                                                                                                • Harrison, New York
                                                                                                                                                                  • Vestal, New York
                                                                                                                                                                  • North Carolina>
                                                                                                                                                                    • Charlotte, North Carolina
                                                                                                                                                                      • Nashsville, North Carolina
                                                                                                                                                                      • Ohio>
                                                                                                                                                                        • Akron, Ohio
                                                                                                                                                                          • Blue Ash (Cincinnati), Ohio
                                                                                                                                                                            • Crooksville, Ohio
                                                                                                                                                                              • Fostoria, Ohio
                                                                                                                                                                                • Gallipolis, Ohio
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Marion, Ohio
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Newark, Ohio
                                                                                                                                                                                      • New Philadelphia, Ohio
                                                                                                                                                                                        • St. Bernard (Cincinnati), Ohio
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Swanton, Ohio
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Warren, Ohio
                                                                                                                                                                                              • Woodville, Ohio
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Zanesville, Ohio
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Oklahoma>
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Cherokee, Oklahoma
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Granite, Oklahoma
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Henryetta, Oklahoma
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Hobart, Oklahoma
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Muskogee, Oklahoma
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Pennsylvania>
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Egypt, Pennsylvania
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Forest City, Pennsylvania
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Indiana, Pennsylvania
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Lancaster, Pennsylvania
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Meyersdale, Pennsylvania
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Oil City, Pennsylvania
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Scottdale, Pennsylvania
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Scranton, Pennsylvania
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Tatamy, Pennsylvania
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Verona, Pennsylvania
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • South Carolina>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Anderson, South Carolina
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Columbia, South Carolina (2002 Copy)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Greenville, South Carolina
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Greenville, South Carolina (2004 Replacement)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Olympia (Columbia), South Carolina
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • South Dakota>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Bullhead, South Dakota
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Tennessee>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Johnson City, Tennessee
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Texas>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Canyon, Texas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Crowell, Texas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Fort Worth, Texas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Groesbeck, Texas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Lufkin, Texas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • New Braunfels, Texas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Sinton, Texas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Vernon, Texas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Wichita Falls, Texas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Utah>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Beaver, Utah
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Mount Pleasant, Utah
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Price, Utah
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Vernal, Utah
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Vermont>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Enosburg Falls, Vermont
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • St. Albans, Vermont
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Virginia>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Petersburg, Virginia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Washington>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Aberdeen, Washington
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • West Virginia>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Logan, West Virginia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Madison, West Virginia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Philippi, West Virginia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Wheeling, West Virginia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Wisconsin>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Appleton, Wisconsin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Janesville, Wisconsin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Markesan, Wisconsin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Peshtigo, Wisconsin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • West Bend, Wisconsin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Wyoming>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Rock Springs, Wyoming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Viquesney Doughboy Knock-Offs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Eufaula, Alabama
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Headland, Alabama
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Troy, North Carolina
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Clarksville, Tennessee
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Texarkana, Texas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Misidentifications and Bogus Locations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • The Cast Zinc Doughboys
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • The Stone Doughboys
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Viquesney Doughboy Dedication Dates
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Repair, Restoration, and Conservation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Viquesney Doughboy Myths
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • The Miniature Doughboys
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Miniature Doughboy FAQs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Grandma Quater's "American Doughboy Art Lamp"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Other Works by E. M. Viquesney
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • 1913: Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Wichita, Kansas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • 1920: New-Type Burial Vault
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • 1922: The United States Infantry Association Trophy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • 1923: The "Imp-O-Luck"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • 1924: Viquesney's Version of "Over the Top"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • 1925: The Viquesney Building
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • 1927: "The Spirit of the American Navy"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • 1927: "The Spirit of the Skies"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • 1928: The Tivoli Theater
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • 1930: "Zero Hour"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • 1934: "The Unveiling"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • 1936: "Resting Doughboy"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • 1936: "The Spirit of America" / "The Spirit of the Flag"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • 1938 - '39: "Lincoln as an Indiana Boy"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • 1939: The Viquesney Pavilion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • 1940: "Creation"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • 1942: "Remember Pearl Harbor"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • 1942: "The Yanks Again" Series
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • 1943: "The Spirit of the Fighting Yank">
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • "Spirit of the Fighting Yank", Chicago, Illinois
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • "Spirit of the Fighting Yank", Bloomington, Indiana
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • "Spirit of the Fighting Yank", Port Huron, Michigan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • "Spirit of the Fighting Yank", Belmont, North Carolina
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • "Spirit of the Fighting Yank", Oil City, Pennsylvania
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • 1946: "Comrades", Viquesney's Last Piece
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • "And So the Scene Closes"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Epilogue
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Viquesney Document Archive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Viquesney Family on Find A Grave Website
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Other Viquesney Doughboy Search Sites
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Credits / Acknowledgements

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Photo: Bill Dermody, Zion, Ilinois.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              CHICAGO (SOLDIER FIELD), ILLINOIS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              N 41° 51.668 / W 087° 36.991

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Copyright version 1920, pressed copper.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number: 75004262.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              In concourse near south entrance (Gate O).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Originally dedicated in Garfield Park in March 1926 near Hamlin and Garfield
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              with a primary engraving that read:


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              A TRIBUTE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              TO THOSE OF THE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              132ND INFANTRY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (2ND ILL)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              IN THE SERVICE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              OF OUR COUNTRY

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Photo: C S & O Studio.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              This Doughboy was severely damaged (see left) in Garfield Park in the 1960s and placed in storage for preservation purposes by the Chicago Park District. After many years there, it was restored by conservator Andrzej Dajnowski of Conservation of Sculpture & Objects Studio, Inc., of Forest Park, IL, and with the support of Alderman James Balcer, placed inside Soldier Field in conjunction with the major rebuilding of the new stadium. It was rededicated there in a very impressive ceremony September 27, 2003 and now stands in a raised protective glass circle with an etched inscription reading:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN DOUGHBOY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              E. M. VIQUESNEY SCULPTOR


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              IN MEMORY OF
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              THE SACRIFICES OF OUR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              IN THE ARMED FORCES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              WHO SERVE IN WAR AND PEACE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              INSTALLED BY 132ND INFANTRY (2ND ILLINOIS)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              GARFIELD PARK, 1926
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              AS A TRIBUTE TO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              WORLD WAR I SOLDIERS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              REDEDICATED SOLDIER FIELD 2003
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The illustration above is from Friedley-Voshardt catalog number 50, published in 1926. It proves that this Doughboy is one of three definitely known to have been made by that company. Smithsonian Institution records show the Viquesney Doughboy at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas, was also produced by Friedley-Voshardt, and a photo of the logo taken by one of our "Doughboy Searchers", Bill Plack, of Herminie, PA, proves that the Doughboy in Warren, Ohio, was also manufactured by the same company. It's the opinion of the Smithsonian that all the other stamped-copper versions of the statue were also probably made by Friedley-Voshardt, as it would have been too expensive for Viquesney to have produced multiple full-size molds for several different companies.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Above: A photo from an unknown source of the March 1926 dedication of the Garfield Park Doughboy with members of the 132nd Infantry present. A news wire photo taken in 1939 (below) showed the sculpture to still be in good condition, but in later years it suffered severe damage.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Picture
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Photo provided by Julia Bachrach, Chicago Parks District.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              By the time the photo above was taken during the 1960s, the left arm was in seriously damaged condition. The statue was later damaged further and placed in a warehouse for preservation purposes and nearly forgotten (see inset, above). It was finally restored and put on display at Soldier Field in 2003.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Photo: eBay.

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