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This is a mural painted by John Steuart Curry entitled "Kansas Pastoral" located on second floor, west and south wall corridor, of the state capital. The mural pictures a young farmer with livestock feeding and a wheat field in foreground. The sun is setting with distant hills and storm clouds in background.
Date: 1940
Item Number: 216183
Call Number: FK2.1 C. 1999 *9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 216183
Agriculture - Crops - Wheat
Agriculture - Family farming
Agriculture - Livestock - Cattle - Beef
Built Environment - Function - Agriculture/Subsistence - Agricultural Field - Pasture
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Curriculum - The Kansas Journey - Chapter 10: Good Times, Bad Times
Date - 1940s - 1940
Environment - Landscape
People - Men
People - Notable Kansans - Curry, John Steuart, (1897-1946)
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
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