Dear John,
We have quite a large collection of old safes and vault doors.  Most of 
them have decorative paintings of waterfalls, flowers, outdoor scenes, 
etc. on their doors.  Some also have inner doors that are painted.  They 
are all ca. 1900.  I have also seen examples with a nautical theme.  I 
suspect that safe companies had decorative painters on their staffs that 
did nothing but paint the scenes on the doors.  It is improbable that you 
will find a specific artist's name responsible for the painting since this 
was considered decoration rather than fine art.
Sincerely,
David Ryan
Registrar
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
www.cspm.org

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