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1. Mural - Kouba "Elk Country" mural, c.1936

   Mural "Elk Country" painted by Les C. Kouba of a large bull elk with a background of trees and Alpine lake in the Rocky Mountains being pursued by a predator mountain lion. Kouba painted it in 1936 when he was going to school in payment for his meals at Al Lake's Cafe, Hutchinson, MN. Kouba remembered that the financial deal with Al Lake was "X" amount in dollars and the balance in hamburgers, etc. The picture came with Rekow's Hamburger Shop ...

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2. Mural - Kouba "Gold Rush" mural, 1936

   Mural painting done by Les C. Kouba in July, 1936 when he was 19 years old. The scene depicts the Gold Rush Days at sunset. From right to left covered wagons and men on horseback approach a man panning for gold at center. On the left is a man cooking at a campfire near a ring of covered wagons. Wood frame. The mural was described in the July 17, 1936 Hutchinson Leader: "Above is a reproduction of the right half of a splendid mural painted by ...

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3. Mural - Mural

   Painted canvas mural that hung on the north wall in the back area of the Hutch Cafe, Hutchinson, MN. Scene of the interior of a pioneer cabin with a woman standing at the door. Signed by artist Joann Frazier and painted in about the 1980s when Hutch Cafe was refurbished. Oil paint in bright colors. The cabin has wood floors and walls, three windows and a stone fireplace. Near the fireplace are two benches and a table with food, plates, cups and...

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4. Mural - Picking corn in the 1930s mural

   Large colorful mural of a farmer picking corn in the 1930s. Reproduced and painted by Dave Wegscheid from Les C. Kouba painting "Corn Pickin' in the 1930's". Images of a team of horses hitched to a bang board wagon with large wooden wheels in a field of ripened & unpicked ear corn. A farmer dressed in blue shirt, overalls and cap is tossing shucked/husked ears into the wagon. A farmstead witha hay/straw stack, barn, silo, house, shed, 2 corn c...

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5. Print, Photographic - 1942 WPA Mural Singers, Indians, Stockade

   Digital color photograph of the 1942 WPA mural named "Singers, Indians, Stockade" by its Minnesota artist Elsa Jemne. It is displayed at the Hutchinson, MN Post Office. At the left it depicts Martha Harrington Merrill as a little girl peeking out of a hole in the stockade during the 1862 Dakota Conflict. Founding musicians John, Judson, and Asa Hutchinson appear in the center, and Dakota Indians torching Hutchinson's first school building...

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6. Print, Photographic - Museum mural

   Color photograph of Dennis Heckes and Susie Maki repainting the mural on the McLeod County Museum building. Taken August 25, 2001.

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7. Print, Photographic - Museum mural

   Color photograph of painters on a scaffolding beginning to repaint the mural on the McLeod County Museum building. Taken August 25, 2001.

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8. Print, Photographic - Museum mural

   Color photograph of Dennis Heckes and Susie Maki repainting the mural on the side of the McLeod County Historical Museum building. Taken August 25, 2001.

   Record Type: Photo