Post Office Mural – Ambler PA

City:
Ambler, PA

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA), Arts Programs

Completed:
1939

Artist:
Harry Sternberg

Description

Harry Sternberg painted this oil on canvas mural in 1939, entitled “The Family–Industry and Agriculture”–with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The man, woman, and child in the mural are Sternberg, his wife, and their infant child.

Created for the then-new former post office in Ambler, it has since been relocated to Ambler’s current postal facility.

Source notes

Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/ https://www.marcreed.com/default.aspx?pg=349&ssgrp=32&ssitem=485

Location Info


200 West Butler Ave.
Ambler, PA 19002
Montgomery County

Coordinates: 40.151781, -75.22672

Site Details

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