History Museum On The Square - Photo Archives
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 | Accession Number:1978-98 Accession Date: Condition:fair Location:Archives, Photo Coll, Men, Box 1, Folder 39 Keywords:Oliver J. Corbett, artist, Sunday Painters of the Ozarks, Eleanor Cox Area of Origin:Springfield, MO Period:ca. 1960 Category:Documentary Artifact Object:Print, photographic Maker:Eleanor Cox Studio Description/History:Black and white photo, a character portrait by Eleanor Cox of Oliver James Corbett, Springfield artist, 1886-1969. He was a decorator and contractor as well as a landscape artist. One of his Swan Creek landscapes was purchased by the Democratic National Committee to give to President Harry Truman in 1952 at the 35th division reunion. It is hanging over the piano in the Truman home in Independence MO. Corbett's painting of the public square, Court House, and Bell Tower is hanging in the History Museum office. It was painted from an old photo of the square. News-Leader Photo Information: |
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