at The Western Reserve Historical Society.

This colorful Art Deco mural consists of 192 panels of porcelain enamel on sheet iron. Each panel measures approximately 3.5 x 3 feet; the assembled mural is approximately 28 x 73 feet. This was commissioned for the 1939 New York World's Fair and manufactured by the Ferro Enamel Corporation of Cleveland. "Man's Conquest of The Elemental Forces of Nature" was designed by J. Scott Williams, a New York mural artist. It was executed by Daniel Boza, an instructor in mural painting at the Cleveland School (later Institute) of Art. It was featured on the main exterior wall of the World's Fair Home Furnishings Building.

After the Fair, the Ferro mural hung from 1941 to 1982 in the Cleveland Union Terminal. It was acquired in 1983 and restored by the Western Reserve Historical Society, where it is now displayed.

Now known as the Ferro Corporation, the manufacturer is still in business and headquartered in Cleveland. Their products, however, now extend far beyond enamels, and include many other technology-based performance materials.

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