Painting
Wisconsin Centennial Mural
| Center panel of the completed mural at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The image depicts wheat farming, one of the state's earliest and largest industries, by the grain cradler and shocker. The panel features some significant aspects of Wisconsin's economic history. The foreground represents the lead mining that brought settlers to southwestern Wisconsin in the 1820s and 1830s. At the left is Christopher Latham Sholes of Milwaukee, who invented the first practical typewriter in 1867. Symbolizing the mechanization of the farm, John Appleby holds his twine-knotting invention (1858) while behind him looms a large grain elevator of the mid-twentieth century. The pine forest in the upper left represents Wisconsin's great lumbering industry of the late 1800s. The dairy farm and smoking factories in the background represent state industry in the mid-1900s. |
| Image ID: | 40753 |
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| Creation Date: | 1948 |
| Creator Name: | McCloy, W. A. |
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| Collection Name: | WHS Museum Collection |
| Genre: | Painting |
| Original Format Type: | paintings |
| Original Format Number: | Museum 1942.514 |
| Original Dimensions: | unknown |
| See Image ID: 3024 for right panel, and Image ID: 40755 for left panel. |
| Wheat |
| Painting |
| Dairy products |
| Lumber trade |
| Mines and mineral resources |
| Men |
| Typewriters |
| This image is issued by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Use of the image requires written permission from the staff of the Collections Division. It may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media. The image should not be significantly altered through conventional or electronic means. Images altered beyond standard cropping and resizing require further negotiation with a staff member. The user is responsible for all issues of copyright. Please Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society. |
| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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