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Painting of "A Modern Transportation System"
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"A Modern Transportation System" painting in the North Hearing Room, in the Wisconsin State Capitol, by Charles Turner. This is one of four paintings depicting the four methods of transportation in Wisconsin from the earliest colonial times to the present day.
Potter, James T.
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WHi 45081
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