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The mural painting Frontiers Unfettered by Any Frowning Fortress illustrates the significance of Buffalo's location at the border of Canada. At the left - shown here - is the United States, represented by consumer prosperity. Some details: Woman wearing 1920's clothing styles, including cloche hat, boa, high heels, dress and wrap, and carrying purse, another shoe, jewelry and jewelry box, and bolt of fabric Man wearing shorts and knickers, carrying two model cars (Thomas, 1902-1919, and Pierce-Arrow, 1901-1938,were auto companies prominent in Buffalo's history). Is the red car on a roundabout? Lower middle: farmer with farming tools; woman with treadle sewing machine Background: City Hall, Niagara Falls, Peace Bridge (dedicated 1927)

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