Administered by City of Long Branch 344 Broadway Long Branch New Jersey 07740
Located Long Branch Boardwalk Between Broadway & Laird Streets Long Branch New Jersey
Date:
Dedicated Sept. 2, 1918
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
Image on file.
Writer's Project. New Jersey. "Entertaining a Nation: The Career of Long Branch", Long Branch, NJ: 1940, pg. 81.
J Otto Schweizer BUREAU BROS (On front of base:) DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 2, 1918/IN MEMORY OF/JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD/TWENTIETH PRESIDENT/UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/BORN AT MENTOR OHIO NOV. 19. 1831/DIED AT LONG BRANCH N.J. SEPT. 19. 1881 signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Full-length bronze portrait of President James Garfield. He is depicted as an elderly man. He wears a suit and overcoat and holds a hat in his proper left hand. His proper right arm is bent at the elbow, with hand clasping edge of coat. He has a beard and moustache. The sculpture stands atop a square granite base.
