Photograph of the mural "Steam Engine" by Ron Baird, c. 1991

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Title

Photograph of the mural "Steam Engine" by Ron Baird, c. 1991

Subject

"Steam Engine" mural

Description

Colour photograph of the mural "Steam Engine" by Ron Baird, c. 1991.

Painted in 1988 by Ron Baird of Stouffville, ON, at 90 Division Street (Bell Canada building facing Cross Street), 21' X 22'.

The steam engine was used to help build the old canals. The sky is patterned in hexagons which mirror the shape of the paving stones in the streetscape and create an image of honeycomb, with man as the bee, building not wax cells but canal walls.

Picture of mural and information from the book "A Festival of Canadian Art: Welland's Giant Outdoor Murals" by Jerry Gibb.

Creator

Photography by Thies Bogner

Source

Welland Public Library Local History Collection

Publisher

Promote Welland Task Force

Date

c. 1991

Rights

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Format

Colour photograph

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

LHC 759.11338 Wel - "A Festival of Canadian Art"

Coverage

Welland

Files

IMG_20240605_0020.jpg

Citation

Photography by Thies Bogner, “Photograph of the mural "Steam Engine" by Ron Baird, c. 1991,” Welland Public Library Local History, accessed December 27, 2024, https://omeka.wellandlibrary.ca/items/show/10974.

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