Post Office Mural - Marceline MO The mural "Contemporary Life in Missouri" was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts for the then-new Marceline post office. It was completed in 1938.
This is a dramatic mural depicting the work in this area of northern Missouri with extensive mining operations shown on the left, smoke billowing from the works, a large slag heap in the far background as well as behind the miners. Farming is shown in the center and to the right of the mural, though the stumps of corn have a look of devastation. Harvesting and shocks of corn are shown in the center and...