Guglielmo Marconi - Hoboken, NJ - Dead Poets' Society Memorials on Waymarking.com

The Smithsonian Inventory (visit link) describes the work best:

" A sculpture comprised of three sections: the lower section contains a bas-relief of four male figures, dressed in shirts, ties, and suitcoats, set behind a small steamship sinking in the water. Inscriptions are placed above and below the bas-relief. The middle section consists of a fluted column-like element with a relief of Guglielmo Marconi, dressed in a suit and tie, standing and holding a book with both hands. The sculpture is surmounted by a large eagle with outstretched wings. The sculpture is placed atop an inscribed base and is enclosed by a low spiked fence."

The Inventory gives the dimension as Sculpture: "approx. H. 12 ft. x Diam. 40 in.; Base: approx. 9 x 10 x 10 ft." and the medium as "Sculpture: cast concrete; Base: cast concrete."

The inscription reads:

"THIS MEMORIAL DONATED BY JOHN MINERVINI
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF MAYOR JOHN J. GROGAN
HONORS THE GREAT ITALIAN GENIUS WHO
DISCOVERED WIRELESS:
GUGLIELMO MARCONI
THE STATUE, SCULPTURED BY ARTURO DAZZI
SYMBOLIZES "WIRELESS CARRYING THE HEART
OF THE WORLD"
ERECTED APRIL 2, 1955"


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