Statue inset into the facade of the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, was the first museum dedicated exclusively to American art
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Established by local industrialist and philanthropist Joseph G. Butler, Jr., the museum opened in 1919 in this building, designed by the McKim, Mead and White architectural firm.
Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:103-4).
Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
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Date
2000 - 2020
Location
Mahoning County
Source
Library of Congress
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