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Episode 55: The Story of Grant Wood's American Gothic and How Crayola Was the Inspiration
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Episode 55: The Story of Grant Wood's American Gothic and How Crayola Was the Inspiration

When the Industrial Revolution came to town, it inspired an opposite movement that may have chang...

Tracing The Path: The Connected 20th Century · Dan R. Morris - 20th Century Historian

July 28, 202428m 32s

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Show Notes

When the Industrial Revolution came to town, it inspired an opposite movement that may have changed the world. It certainly inspired a construction style and a whole bunch more.  Today we rub elbow's with Teddy Roosevelt, David Sedaris, Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Georgia O'Keefe, the Carnegies, Crayola Crayons, Edgar Allen Poe, Chicago Academy of Design and the Veterans Memorial in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 

Topics

grant woodamerican gothicindustrial revolutioncrayola crayonsteddy rooseveltthe american federation of artistsgreat depression