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This is a transparency showing the Hereford bull mural in the Kansas capitol, painted by John Steuart Curry. In 1937, Curry, from Dunavant in Jefferson County, Kansas, was selected to portray the story of Kansas in murals on the second floor of the capitol. The mural is part of the Kansas Pastoral which is Curry's attempt at showing the romantic side of the agricultural state.
Creator: Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946
Date: 1999
Item Number: 304944
Call Number: FK2.1 C.1999 *10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 304944
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1940s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Transparency, Slide
People - Notable Kansans - Curry, John Steuart, (1897-1946)
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Transparency
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/304944
