Painting of James Whitcomb Riley’s “Old Swimmin’ Hole”
| Description: |
Beginning in 1912, Indiana painter and author, William A. Bixler (1876-1961,) began painting pictures of James Whitcomb Riley’s “Old Swimmin’ Hole” in Greenfield, Indiana. At the time, students all over the country were raising money to build a statue of the Hoosier Poet in Greenfield. They would sell souvenir Riley pins as a fundraiser, and each school that contributed money received an original painting by Mr. Bixler. Over 5000 schools received one of these paintings! |
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| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/88 |
| Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; |
| Copyright: |
Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0); |
| Geography: |
Indiana |
| Subjects: |
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916 Greenfield (Ind.) Indiana Indiana -- history Landscape painting |
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