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Harding High reveals restored Warren G. Harding portrait; restoration cost $1,900, presenter says
Summary
A portrait of President Warren G. Harding that had been in the high school collection was restored and unveiled at the Sept. 15 Marion City Schools Board meeting. Presenter Brett McCreery traced the painting’s provenance and said the restoration cost $1,900, under the $5,000 the board had initially authorized.
Brett McCreery, a Marion educator and local historian, unveiled a restored portrait of President Warren G. Harding at the Sept. 15 Marion City Schools Board of Education meeting and described how the painting came into the high school’s possession.
McCreery said the portrait was painted by P.W. Muncy in November 1921 and that Marion’s canvas is likely the original, signed copy. He summarized archival research showing two versions existed: an original and a copy. He said the…
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