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By HI I L WALL The large mural on the north in side wall of The First National Bank is not merely a decoration It is a i y m b o i of ? way of life--the agrarian way of life that has built Farmville and ' surrounding area. The mural ties in three local sC'-ii-'s. to giw !‘ e effect of a large picture window. The local scenes were chosen deliberately to repre sent li\ * to< • . ; 'hacco and fores try three of the fundamentals that have alwavs !«•«••; the main source of economy in this area. The process by which the three photographs art welded together is and interesting and intricate one. Th< work was dune by Elliott Ly man Fisher, of Ash< v He. N. C. Although cemplieat* d. a brief out line of hi; method is understand able. The fir.- t proe« ss was the taking of the local scenes Earl T Agee, a Farmville photographer, took these pictures in the usual manner. Of course the n-natives had to be pin-point sharp. These negatives were sent to Fisher in North Carolina. He se lected the three scenes that blended best. Enlargements were made of the three scene and these were pasted together, forming a minia ture or original of the mural. This scene wa - then copied by a copying camera with an unusually large negative. This negative was then used to make the enlarged print that forms the mural.
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