Public Library Mural - Brockton MA Brockton, Massachusetts received a large rotunda mural commissioned by the WPA. Entitled "A History of Books and Printing," the "murals were painted as a WPA project in 1940-41 by Fritz Fuglister and carefully restored in 2003 by artist/restorer John Arapoff as part of a complete renovation and expansion."
The artist-painted description (pictured here): "Showing Ancient Egyptian, Chinese and Greek methods; the works of the early Europeans and Persians; the period of transition, with Gutenburg the inventor of printing with movable type; early English and American formats; the development of the machine, the Lineotype, the Camera and the Press."