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These four black and white photographs show the statues of the thirty-fourth President of the Untied States Dwight David Eisenhower, newspaper publisher William Allen White, twentieth Governor of Kansas and U.S. Senator Arthur Capper and aviator Amelia Earhart on the capitol steps in Topeka, Kansas. The 2,000 pound native limestone statues, sculpted by artist Peter 'Fritz" Felten, Jr., of Hays, Kansas, were placed on the second floor of the statehouse rotunda.
Creator: Kintner, Earl
Date: July 23, 1981
Item Number: 224264
Call Number: Fk2.1 C. 1981 *32-35
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 224264
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 - Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951
People - Notable Kansans - Earhart, Amelia 1897-1937
People - Notable Kansans - Eisenhower, Dwight David, 1890-1969
People - Notable Kansans - White, William Allen, 1868-1944
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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