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Child Reading on Pedestal

Artist:

The sculpture depicts a seated child presumably reading a small book. However, the way the child is seated, clumsily plopped down, suggests that the c...

Reproduction a Map of Lewis and Clark's Track, Across the Western Portion of North America from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; By Order of the Executive of the United States, in 1804, 5 and 6

Reproduction of A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track, Across the Western Portion of North America From the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; By Order of the Executive of the United States, in 1804, 5 and 6.

Artist:

Samuel Lewis

Central Library

This reproduction depicts the original map and the written account of the expedition by Lewis and Clark that completely changed the American mapping...

School Desk

Artist:

Sears Roebuck & Company

Plaza

Furniture

This 1930s school desk was the heart and hearth of early American childhood education. The finished wooden chair is supported by a wrought cast iron b...

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Child Reading on Pedestal

Reproduction of A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track, Across the Western Portion of North America From the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; By Order of the Executive of the United States, in 1804, 5 and 6.

School Desk