The Currents
The Currents
- Object Name
- Mural
- date made
- 1952
- SS United States built and launched
- 1952
- Gibbs, William Francis
- painter
- Wendell, Raymond John
- depicted
- Atlantic Ocean
- Physical Description
- gold leaf (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- aluminum (overall material)
- ID Number
- TR.336767.159
- catalog number
- 336767.159
- accession number
- 1978.2219
- Credit Line
- US department of Commerce, maritim Administration thru R.J. Blackwell, Asst. Sec. for Maritime Affairs
- Postwar United States
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- Work and Industry: Maritime
- Art
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Transportation
- Exhibition
- On the Water
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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