Vincent Nesbert, Industry, Allegheny County Courthouse
One of dozens of examples of exemplary public art and architecture, some old, some new, in the venerable "Steel City" of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This is "Industry," one of several murals painted by Vincent Nesbert inside the Allegheny County Courthouse from 1934 to 1938 on commission from the Federal Works Progress Administration's arts project during the Great Depression. When funding fell through for the commission, Nesbert painted the murals anyway, for the love of the work. Money was later found to pay him
- Date
- 2019-07-05
- Collection
- Carol M. Highsmith Archive
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 13,208 × 8,289 pixels
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"Vincent Nesbert, Industry, Allegheny County Courthouse" (2019-07-05). Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_Nesbert,_Industry,_Allegheny_County_Courthouse.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 154327.
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