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These three photographs show Mary Short Pottery in Topeka, Kansas. A Topeka artist during the 1940s and 50s, Mary Short, (1879-1967), specialized in pottery that featured colors of pink and aqua in the clay. The first photograph shows the pottery building where she worked. The second and third images show Mary with her collections of work.
Creator: Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Date: Between 1950s and 1960s
Item Number: 313847
Call Number: FK2.S5 T. Ma MarS *1-3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 313847
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Art
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Artists
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Artists
Date - 1940s
Date - 1950s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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