Large mural, "Westward," at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines [graphic].
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- photographer.
still image
Digital photographs Color 2010-2020. gmgpc
2016-08-11.
eng
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The mural, by Edwin H. Blashfield, a New York artist, depicts the migration of early pioneers traveling through Iowa and extends the full width of the wall over the Grand Staircase. Painted in 1905 at a cost of $10,000, the artwork was painted on six pieces of canvass and placed into the frame.
Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.;
Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
America Iowa State Capitol State capitols Westward mural Iowa Capitol Mural Murals
United States Iowa Polk County Des Moines.
Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.39674
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