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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Paul Bunyan Making Puget Sound
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Paul Bunyan Making Puget Sound

Artifact IDMO 1956.245
Object Type Print
Artist (American, 1904 - 1990)
Dateca. 1930s
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsimage H 10 in x W 14 3/4 in (25.4 cm x 37.5 cm )
 overall H 15 7/8 in x W 22 3/4 in (40.3 cm x 57.8 cm )
Physical DescriptionA black and white lithographic print depicting the enormous figure of Paul Bunyan guiding a plow pulled by his equally-large ox, Babe. The title is in pencil below the image in the lower left: Paul Bunyan Making Puget Sound. The artist's signature is in pencil in the lower right: Richard Correll.
Historical NoteThis print was created for the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration. It was displayed at the New York World's Fair in 1940.
Additional Details
Credit LineAllocated by the U.S. Government, Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 1935 - 1943. Held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesArtifacts Relating to the New Deal (National Archives Identifier 750981)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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