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This black and white photograph shows the statue of newspaper publisher and Pulitzer Prize winner William Allen White at the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. The 2,000 pound native limestone statue, sculpted by artist Peter "Fritz" Fleten, Jr., of Hays, Kansas, was placed on the second floor of the statehouse rotunda.
Date: July 27, 1981
Item Number: 216917
Call Number: FK2.1 C.1981 *9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 216917
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Art
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Politics/Government
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Built Environment - Materials - Stone - Limestone
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Sculpture
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Monuments and Memorials - Public sculpture
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Monuments and Memorials - Statues
Date - 1980s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - White, William Allen, 1868-1944
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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