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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.

Published onJan 09, 2024
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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