The E. M. Viquesney Doughboy Database
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    • Alabama >
      • Anniston, Alabama
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      • Birmingham, Alabama
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        • *Trion, Georgia
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      • New Ulm, Minnesota (1995 Bronze Replica)
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      • Meridian, Mississippi
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      • Bolivar, Missouri
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      • Lexington, Missouri - Styrofoam Replica
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        • *Kalispell, Montana
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    • *Nebraska >
      • *Omaha, Nebraska
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      • Roselle Park, New Jersey
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    • New York >
      • Castile, New York
      • Harrison, New York
      • *Vestal, New York
    • North Carolina >
      • Charlotte, North Carolina
      • Nashsville, North Carolina
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      • 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
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      • Cherokee, Oklahoma
      • Granite, Oklahoma
      • Henryetta, Oklahoma
      • Hobart, Oklahoma
      • Muskogee, Oklahoma
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      • Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
      • Egypt, Pennsylvania
      • Forest City, Pennsylvania
      • Indiana, Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster, Pennsylvania
      • Meyersdale, Pennsylvania
      • Oil City, Pennsylvania
      • Scottdale, Pennsylvania
      • Scranton, Pennsylvania (2018 Bronze Replica)
      • Scranton, Pennsylvania (Original)
      • Tatamy, Pennsylvania
      • Verona, Pennsylvania
    • South Carolina >
      • Anderson, South Carolina (2011 Replica)
      • Anderson, South Carolina (Museum Original)
      • Columbia, South Carolina (2002 Copy)
      • Greenville, South Carolina (2004 Bronze Replica)
      • Greenville, South Carolina (Original)
      • Olympia (Columbia), South Carolina
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      • Bullhead, South Dakota
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      • Johnson City, Tennessee
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      • Canyon, Texas
      • Crowell, Texas
      • Fort Worth, Texas
      • Groesbeck, Texas
      • Lufkin, Texas
      • New Braunfels, Texas
      • Sinton, Texas
      • Vernon, Texas
      • Wichita Falls, Texas
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      • Beaver, Utah
      • Mount Pleasant, Utah
      • Price, Utah >
        • *Hiawatha, Utah
      • Vernal, Utah
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      • Enosburg Falls, Vermont
      • St. Albans, Vermont
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      • Petersburg, Virginia
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      • Aberdeen, Washington
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      • Logan, West Virginia
      • Madison, West Virginia
      • Philippi, West Virginia
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    • Wisconsin >
      • Appleton, Wisconsin (2017 Bronze Replica)
      • Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
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      • Markesan, Wisconsin
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  • Repair, Restoration, and Conservation (Outdoor Monuments)
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  • Other Works by E. M. Viquesney
    • 1904: The Early Years
    • 1905-1915: Civil War Memorials
    • 1916: Booklet Illustrations
    • 1920: Burial Vault Patent
    • 1921: The Rylander Theatre
    • 1922: The Imp-O-Luck Co.
    • 1922: The United States Infantry Association Trophy
    • 1923: The Klan-Lite
    • 1923 (est.) - "GOB" - "The Spirit of the American Sailor"
    • 1925: The Viquesney Block
    • 1926: "The Spirit of the American Navy"
    • 1927: "The Spirit of the Skies"
    • 1928: The Tivoli Theatre
    • 1928: Plaque at Malvern, Pennsylvania
    • 1929: "Mother" (Madonna and Child)
    • 1930: "Zero Hour"
    • 1930: Flanders Cross Memorial
    • 1930s (est.) - Joan of Arc
    • 1930s (est): Service Plaque
    • 1931: Knute Rockne Bust
    • 1933-1934: "The Unveiling"
    • 1935: Viquesney's Version of "Over the Top"
    • 1935 (est.): Memorial to the Women of the Confederacy
    • 1936: "Resting Doughboy"
    • 1936 (est.): Alf Landon Bust
    • 1936, 1937: "The Spirit of America" / "The Spirit of the Flag",
    • 1938: "Lincoln as an Indiana Boy" >
      • Guido Rebechini's Lincoln Lookalike
    • 1939: Soldiers Memorial Pavilion
    • 1940: "Creation"
    • 1942: "The Yanks Again", "Eagle's Watch", and "Remember Pearl Harbor"
    • 1943: "The Spirit of the Fighting Yank" >
      • Chicago, Illinois
      • Bloomington, Indiana
      • Port Huron, Michigan
      • Belmont, North Carolina
      • Oil City, Pennsylvania
    • 1946: "Comrades", Viquesney's Last Piece
    • Career-long Output: Plaques, Grave Markers
  • "And So the Scene Closes"
  • Carrying On: Frederic L. Hollis
  • E. M. Viquesney vs. John Paulding
    • Paulding's Model 2043-A
    • Paulding's Model 2043-B
    • Paulding's Model 2043-C
    • Paulding's Model 2043-D
  • Viquesney Doughboy Lookalikes and Derivatives
    • Greenville, Alabama (Engraved Panel)
    • Montgomery, Alabama
    • Tampa, Florida
    • New Orleans, Louisiana
    • Union City (West Hoboken), New Jersey
    • Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
    • Franklin, Pennsylvania
    • Arcadia, Wisconsin
    • The McNeel Marble Co. Doughboys >
      • Eufaula, Alabama
      • Headland, Alabama
      • Troy, North Carolina
      • Clarksville, Tennessee
      • Texarkana, Texas
    • Eagle Bronze Works, Fiske Iron Works Doughboys
    • Walter A. Sinz Doughboys
    • Other Viquesney-Inspired Lookalikes
  • Viquesney Doughboy Myths
  • Viquesney Document Archive
  • Epilogue
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Photo: Larry Durham, Birmingham area, Alabama.

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

N 33° 31.195 / W 086° 48.552

Copyright version 1920, sheet bronze.

Smithsonian Art Inventory Control Number:  AL000218.
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At 20th Street North and Park Place entrance to Linn Park in downtown Birmingham.
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The inscription on the plaque reads:

IN MEMORY
OF THE COMRADES WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY
DURING
THE WORLD WAR.
PRESENTED TO
BIRMINGHAM POST NO. 1
OF
THE AMERICAN LEGION
BY
THE GREEK-AMERICAN
CITIZENS.

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
ARMISTICE DAY, 1923.
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PictureBirmingham's ''Johnny Doughboy'', Jan. 7, 1957.
Gift of the Greek-American citizens to Birmingham Post No. 1 of the American Legion. Administered by the City of Birmingham Department of Parks and Recreation, 400 Graymont Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama 35204. Dedicated November 11, 1923, at the front entrance to Municipal Auditorium, now known as Boutwell Auditorium. The statue was moved to the entrance of Linn Park, probably sometime in 1957, after a renovation to the front of the auditorium that year.

​A press photo, left, dated January 7, 1957, shows the statue still standing at its original location in front of the old brick auditorium facade, probably just before the move to Linn Park. The rifle sling is already missing. The back of the photo refers to the statue as "Johnny Doughboy".

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The Doughboy at its original location in front of Municipal Auditorium, ca. 1937.
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Update December 18, 2010: Sometime before December 17, 2010, the plaque bearing the words above was stolen; there are no leads. The color photo at the top of the page, taken in July of 2012, shows the plaque missing. The rifle sling is gone (missing since at least 1957) and the statue could use a cleaning.

Update June 24, 2013: The city of Birmingham is set to enter a contract with McDowell Studios of Birmingham to assess the condition of artwork in Linn and other parks.

Update May 31, 2020: According to news reports, the Birmingham Doughboy was vandalized with graffiti by protesters and has been taken down by the city.
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Links:
waymarking.com/WM1XYH
waymarking.com/WMEBHV
bhamwiki.com

flickr.com
blog.al.com/2010
blog.al.com/2011
blog.al.com/2013
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