Manufacturing, 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: "here is shown the development in the machine industry of which ohio is justly proud. From the early blacksmith who formed the implements of pioneer life over his anvil our pioneer's dream carries us to the modern factory, with enormous specialized machines which move at the magic touch of trained mechanics and defy the abilities of thousands of king pharoah's slaves. ". Date: 1933.
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