Achelous+and+Hercules'+First+Home+-+Harzfeld's,+A+History

Thomas Hart Benton's Mural //Achelous and Hercules// was comissioned in 1947 by Lester Siegel, Sr. It was originally painted to hang in his clothing store, Harzfeld's, in Kansas City, MO. This article tells the story of Harzfeld's and the mural's origins there: