Mississippi Harvest

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It stands on the riverfront in Muscatine, Iowa and was commissioned by that City as part of a riverfront revitalization. </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1d299700.jpg" border=0 width="153" height="112" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="19591c20.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="194" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Mississippi Harvest</div> <div> This 28 foot tall bronze sculpture of a clammer commemmorates the clamming industry along the Muscatine, Iowa riverfront that once thrived a century ago.  The trade provided clamshells for the production of pearl buttons that were sold around the world.</div> <div> To view this sculpture during the devastating flood of 2008 click <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mississippi flood 2008 in Muscatine Iowa"><U>here</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> scroll down for details....</div> <div> <IMG SRC="256e0800.jpg" border=0 width="480" height="640" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1d5ba670.jpg" border=0 width="442" height="615" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="254e0800.jpg" border=0 width="480" height="640" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1e573f30.jpg" border=0 width="371" height="499" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1d42a130.jpg" border=0 width="1066" height="531" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1d7f49a0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="666" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>