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Growth of Democracy in Illinois (mural study, Decatur, Illinois Post Office)

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Tempera On Fiberboard
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration
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Keywords

  1. Allegory
  2. Axe
  3. Axes
  4. Civic
  5. Democracy
  6. Figure Group
  7. Government
  8. History
  9. Illinois
  10. Industrialization
  11. Industry
  12. Lumber
  13. Male
  14. Men
  15. Millman, Edward
  16. Mural Study
  17. New Deal
  18. New Deal, 1933 1939
  19. Object
  20. Occupation
  21. Occupations
  22. Other
  23. Scythe
  24. Slave
  25. Slaver
  26. Slavery
  27. Study
  28. Tool
  29. Tools
  30. Treasury Section Of Painting And Sculpture
  31. United States

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