• Post Office (former) - Chelsea MI
    The historic former post office in Chelsea, Michigan was constructed ca. 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is no longer a post office; its present use is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Post Office Mural - Chelsea MI
    George Fisher painted the mural "The Way of Life" in 1938. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts for the city's historic post office building. The mural was installed in the city's present post office in August 2009. "Painted by George Harold Fisher, the mural, titled 'Way of Life,' depicts a father, mother and child at rest in the foreground, with two apple trees in the background and a grinding stone and a spinning wheel on either side. It was installed in 1938 and commissioned by the secretary of painting and sculpture, Procurement Division of the Treasury...