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Lane County Centennial Plaques, (sculpture). Artist:  Felten, Pete, sculptor. Title:  Lane County Centennial Plaques, (sculpture). Dates:  1986. Dedicated Sept. 5, 1986. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Kansas silver limestone, carved. Dimensions:  2 plaques. Plaques: each approx. 6 ft. x 3 ft. x 4 in.; Bases: each approx. 19 in. x 3 ft. x 4 in. Inscription:  (On lower right corner of plaque at right:) 1986 (On lower left corner of plaque at left:) 1886 unsigned Description:  Two plaques affixed to the wall of the courthouse. The plaque at the left depicts early scenes from Lane County's history including: storm clouds, an eagle, a buffalo, a steam engine train, a pioneer church building, a man breaking sod with an oxen-drawn plow, and a frontierswoman with two children collecting vegetables from a garden. The plaque at the right depicts present day scenes: a jet plane, a grain elevator, a modern train, a semi-truck, an oil rig, a combine harvesting wheat, cattle, a modern church and home buildings, and a family and a dog near a pickup truck. Subject:  History -- United States -- Kansas Figure group Occupation -- Farm Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Animal -- Buffalo Animal -- Dog Animal -- Cattle Architecture -- Industry -- Grain Elevator Architecture -- Machine -- Oil Rig Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane Architecture -- Vehicle -- Train Architecture -- Vehicle -- Truck Architecture -- Religious -- Church Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Dighton Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Lane County, County Commissioners, 144 South Lane Street, Lane County Courthouse, Dighton, Kansas 67839 Located Lane County Courthouse, 144 South Lane Street, Dighton, Kansas Remarks:  Commissioned to celebrate the Lane County, Kansas, 1986 centennial. $1,700 in funding was raised by the Arts Council. One plaque depicts scenes from Lane County circa 1886; the other plaque depicts scenes from Lane County in 1986. IAS files contain related articles from Dighton Herald, Sept. 3, 1986, pg. 1; Sept 10, 1986, pg. 1. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS KS000314   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000314 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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