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These two black and white photographs show the statue of Amelia Earhart being moved into the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. The 2,000 pound native limestone statue, sculpted by artist Peter "Fritz" Felten, Jr., of Hays, Kansas, was placed on the second floor of the statehouse rotunda.
Date: July 23, 1981
Item Number: 216966
Call Number: FK2.1 C.1981 *16- *17
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 216966
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Art
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Politics/Government
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Built Environment - Materials - Stone - Limestone
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1980s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Earhart, Amelia 1897-1937
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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