Electricity, one of a set of fifteen murals by william mark young, shown and described in a brochure published to accompany the ohio state exhibit at the 1933 a century of progress international exhibition (aka "chicago world's fair"). The murals were subsequently relocated to the ohio statehouse. The accompanying description reads: "this painting is dedicated to thomas a. Edison and his works. This great ohio born inventor is shown in his study with his first phonograph, and the allegorical background brings out the fact that each american workman now has the assistance of four electrical horse power in his daily labors. ". Date: 1933.
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