Photo: "unimoggers", Geocaching.com.
doughboys by J. W. FISKE IRON WORKS
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EAGLE BRONZE WORKS
There are several of these in various locations, and can bear the logo of either J. W. Fiske Iron Works of New York City, or Eagle Bronze Works, of Mount Vernon, New York (Fiske held a financial interest in Eagle). The one above is at Palisades Park, New Jersey. It's a Doughboy holding a rifle in its left hand and a grenade in its right, so, based on that description, many were mistakenly reported to Viquesney researcher T. Perry Wesley as "The Spirit of the American Doughboy", but none of them are. Note the lack of two tree stumps on the base and the underhand grenade throwing stance of the right arm. Other examples can be seen at Waukegan, IL (Smithsonian record 71500730), Jersey City and Verona, NJ, and Salem, OH. There is also one at Swanton, VT, attributed to sculptor Mose Sawyer in Smithsonian record VT000127. And after 40 years in storage, another statue once known as the Highbridge Doughboy that stood in The Bronx, NY, was fully restored and returned to its pedestal in 2018.
A similar, but not identical statue can be seen at North Arlington, NJ (Smithsonian record NJ000016), and Suffern, NY. They were sculpted by Pietro Montana, and also produced by Eagle Bronze Works and Fiske Iron Works respectively. There are differences in the style of the uniform shirt, and by design, the figure's helmet lies on the ground by the proper left foot, but the pose is essentially the same.
A similar, but not identical statue can be seen at North Arlington, NJ (Smithsonian record NJ000016), and Suffern, NY. They were sculpted by Pietro Montana, and also produced by Eagle Bronze Works and Fiske Iron Works respectively. There are differences in the style of the uniform shirt, and by design, the figure's helmet lies on the ground by the proper left foot, but the pose is essentially the same.
