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History of Florida by Edward "Buk" Ulreich
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography
History of Florida
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography

History of Florida

Artist
Year1939
Classification painting
Medium fresco
Dimensionseach: 51 x 110 in. (129.5 x 279.4 cm)
Credits New Deal Art Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
  • Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, this series of eight murals illustrates the spirit of various epochs in Florida history.  Five Standards on Parade shows the flags that have flown over Florida,  "Bimini Island", Ponce de Leon", "Saturiba receiving the French",  "Drake attacking St. Augustine",  "Andrew Jackson",  "Osceola in Conference with Hernandez", "Modern Florida".