1072. Nurses Memorial: Ruth Holden and Alice Illingworth Haskell
Memorial plaque may have been executed by Petersen from a design by George Nerney. Unveiled in Capron Park, Attleboro on October 5th, 1919. Melted during a World War II scrap metal drive, according to photograph caption in Papers, SC.
1072. Nurses Memorial: Ruth Holden and Alice Illingworth Haskell
Christian Petersen papers, RS 26/02/52, Iowa State University, Special Collections and University Archives.
Date
1919
Material
Bronze
Dimensions
approximately 24 in. (61 cm) [height]
Description
Memorial plaque may have been executed by Petersen from a design by George Nerney. Unveiled in Capron Park, Attleboro on October 5th, 1919. Melted during a World War II scrap metal drive, according to photograph caption in Papers, SC.
Markings
Inscription: A TRIBUTE / FROM THE WOMEN OF ATTLEBORO / NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN
Provenance / Location
Although this is listed as “melted”, it might not have been. Possibly located in Sturdy Memorial Hospital or the Sturdy Building (City Hall), Attleboro, Massachusetts.
Alternate Title(s)
n/a
Notes / Sources
Papers, SC, Box 12 f.5, notation that the Memorial is located in the Attleboro Public Library; Image, Box 9 f. 4; Box 7, f.12, photo, Nerney designed and Petersen executed?; "A bronze tablet, the work of Christian Peterson, ‘‘A tribute from the women of Attleboro” to the memory of Ruth Holden and Alice Illingsworth Haskell, was placed in the reading room as a suitable place until the erection of the municipal building." from Attleboro Town Annual Report, 1919, pp. 174-175.
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