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Alkek Library Celebrates 25 Years
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Flowers Hall Mural
Designed by Texas artist Buck Winn, the story of the mural may surprise you.
Documents
Mural Construction
Artist Buck Winn and Mural
Artist Buck Winn, c.1940s
From the San Marcos Daily Record negatives
Handbook of Texas Online: James Buchanan Winn, Jr.
Buck Winn: Lone Star Regionalist
Photographs
Flowers Hall Mural, San Marcos Daily Record, 1959
Mural under construction, 1959 Pedagog
1960 Pedagog