This painting shows how Muscatine may have appeared in 1919. The two men in the small boat are clammers, and they are using a crowfoot bar to harvest mussels for a pearl button factory. Content can be used with the following standards: 2nd grade SS 2.24 Natural Resources, SS-W.H. 9-12.26 Iowans Influence World History and 4th grade SS 4.25 Technological Changes in a lesson on the how the natural resources of Iowa led to businesses and new industries. For any use other than instructional resources, please check with the organization that owns this item regarding copyright restrictions.
2018.010.012 [Painting]
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