• Main Post Office Murals - Bridgeport CT
    This 1934 post office contains two sets of 3-panel murals, one by Arthur Covey and the other by Robert Lambdin. All were painted in 1936. The Covey murals are entitled "Bridgeport Manufacturing." The Lambdin murals entitled "Stagecoach and Modern Transportation" show: "powerful images of an important part of American historythat is, the transportation of mail. A stagecoach was depicted on one panel to show the early days of mail transportvia horses and wagons. Another panel showed the work inside the post office, with men carrying bags loaded down with huge deliveries. By the 1936, the idea of planes transporting mail was now...
  • Post Office Mural - Torrington CT
    This four-panel mural, created for the historic former post office building in Torrington, Connecticut, "depicts episodes in the life of John Brown, who was born in Torrington." The total cost of the project was $350. The model for the mother (right panel) is rumored to be artist Arthur Covey "in drag." The murals have since been relocated to the present Torrington postal facility on Elm St.