• Post Office - Clinton MO
    The historic post office in Clinton, Missouri was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office Mural - Clinton MO
    The post office contains a 1942 Section of Fine Arts mural "Coon Hunt" painted by Richard Haines in 1942. Richard Haines was born in Iowa in 1906 and chose realistic, contemporary subjects that directly related to the life of the people in the communities where his murals were located.  In Coon Hunt, he portrayed a group of men hunting raccoons at night by lantern with dogs.  The intensity of the hunters and dogs is palpable, though some of the hunters and dogs are looking around, seemingly wondering if the coon has escaped.  The hunter to the far left has a wild-eyed...