Historical Panorama of Alabama Agriculture

The Historical Panorama of Alabama Agriculture is a series of murals commissioned by the Alabama Extension Service (now the Alabama Cooperative Extension System) and partly funded by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) for the Alabama State Fair in 1939, held October 2–7 in Birmingham, Alabama.

The project was assigned to John Augustus Walker, an artist from Mobile, Alabama, who had previously completed several WPA-related art commissions. Walker was originally commissioned to paint 29 murals for the exhibition, each intended to depict scenes from Alabama’s agricultural history. However, due to time constraints, he was only able to complete ten murals.

These murals illustrated key periods of Alabama’s agricultural development, beginning with Native American farming practices and progressing through later developments. The series was part of a broader WPA initiative designed to support …

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