Mural-Federal-Building-Courthouse-Cedar-Rapids-Iowa
Photograph of mural "The Opening of the West" (1937) by Robert Francis White at Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Notes: * Date: 1937; medium: tempera. * Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. * Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. * Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,. * Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2009:083). * Forms part of: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. More information: History of the Cedar Rapids Federal Courthouse Mural In March 2011, nearly fifty years since being painted over the last time, the U. S. General Services Administration utilized a historic preservation grant to hire Page Conservation, Inc., Washington, D.C., to uncover the north wall of the mural. The wall was created by Francis Robert White and depicts “The Opening of the Midwest.” The panel depicts the suffering of American Indians, the struggles of the early settlers, slaves and immigrant workers on the Mississippi, laborers building the transcontinental railroad, the rise of single family farms, followed by in
- Date
- 2011-10
- Collection
- Carol M. Highsmith Archive
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 6,144 × 728 pixels
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"Mural-Federal-Building-Courthouse-Cedar-Rapids-Iowa" (2011-10). Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mural-Federal-Building-Courthouse-Cedar-Rapids-Iowa.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 143705.
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