- City:
- Cambridge City, IN
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Completed:
- 1941
- Artist:
- Samuel F. Hershey
Description
The post office contains a 1941 Section of Fine Arts mural by Samuel F. Hershey entitled “Pride of Cambridge City.”
Mural showing the agriculture basis of Cambridge City with a man controlling a
spirited hose in the center surrounded by workers feeding hogs, cattle, and corn, with machines and manufacturing in the background.
Samuel F. Hershey was unusual for an artist in that he studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Boston Museum School of Art, and the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, including influences by members Aldro Hibbard and William Lester Stevens. He taught at Harvard University and the Rhode Island School of Design.
Source notes
Park and Markowitz, Democratic Vistas, Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal, 1984. A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals by John C. CarlisleSite originally submitted by Charles Swaney and Indiana DNR, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology on January 27, 2013.
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