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| Keywords: Mural-Federal-Building-Courthouse-Cedar-Rapids-Iowa.jpg en Photograph of mural The Opening of the West 1937 by Robert Francis White at Federal Building U S Courthouse Cedar Rapids Iowa<br>Notes Date 1937; medium tempera Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration Title date and keywords from information provided by the photographer Credit line Photographs in the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Gift; Carol M Highsmith; 2009; DLC/PP-2009 083 Forms part of Photographs in the Carol M Highsmith Archive More information http //www cedar-rapids org/things-to-see-do/artsculture/pages/cedar-rapids-federal-courthouse-mural aspx History of the Cedar Rapids Federal Courthouse Mural<br>In March 2011 nearly fifty years since being painted over the last time the U S General Services Administration utilized a historic preservation grant to hire Page Conservation Inc Washington D C to uncover the north wall of the mural The wall was created by Francis Robert White and depicts The Opening of the Midwest The panel depicts the suffering of American Indians the struggles of the early settlers slaves and immigrant workers on the Mississippi laborers building the transcontinental railroad the rise of single family farms followed by industry tenements and pollution LOC-image highsm 24902 Creator Carol M Highsmith 2011-10 PD-Highsmith Treasury Relief Art Project Murals in Iowa | ||||
