The Monumental Bronze Company of

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was a monumental mason firm specializing in the production of

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, active between 1875 and 1912 with subsidiaries throughout the

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. There were a number of American companies in the 1880s that through their catalogs sold zinc ornaments nationwide, such as “urns, eagles, civic ornaments, architectural details, and even cigar store Indians.”

Mullins of Salem, Ohio Mullins of Salem, Ohio, was the most well-known American zinc ornament producer in the late nineteenth century. The foundry was in Salem, Ohio and was one of many American companies in the 1880s that through their catalogs sold ornaments nationwid ...

was the most prominent but only Monumental Bronze purveyed it in grave markers. A popular white bronze model was the "Infantryman" that was used in the 1880s by many American towns, to commemorate those who served in the

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. In the late 1800s, the company sold two versions of a Civil War soldier memorial, with nearly identical designs. The

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model had "U.S." (United States) on the belt buckle, while the

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model had "C.S." (Confederate States). File:Patchogue AmLegion from Baker Street; 1885 Statue.JPG, Civil War Soldiers monument in White Bronze, 1885,

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File:Soldier's Monument of Lowville, NY in the Fall..JPG,

Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a historic American Civil War monument located at Lowville in Lewis County, New York. It was built in 1883 by Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and is constructed of sand-cast zin ...

, 1883, Lowville, New York

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