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Al West Mural

W. Washington, Cuba, MO
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Viva Cuba, Cuba's beautification organization, built this wall for the mural of the former businessman and long time mayor, Al West, Sr. The wall is on the site of West's former business. Looking at the mural it appears that West was a DeSoto-Plymouth Dealer as well as a running a Standard Oil gas station here.

This mural is painted on a block wall.

A plaque on the front of the wall tells a bit of West's importance and history in Cuba. It reads, in part:

"Al West,Sr. served as Cuba's mayor from 1946 to 1958. During his tenure, the city purchased the light and power system. Resulting revenues allowed Cuba to finance improvements such as paved, named, and lit streets and to extend water and sewer systems, which helped modernize the city and attract factories and jobs in the postwar economy"

The little thermometer in the mural advertises the:

Al West Motor Co. and Tractor Sales
DeSoto and Plymouth Cars ... GMC Trucks ... Ferguson Tractors ... Ferguson System Farm Equipment ...
Phone 11
Cuba, MO

The mural was painted by the Whitesitt group of St. Louis

Photo(s): 2016