• Post Office - Jeannette PA
    The post office in Jeannette was completed in 1934 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Alexander J. Kostellow and Frank T. Olson's murals, "Battle of Bushy Run" and "Glass Industry," completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office Murals - Jeannette PA
    Alexander J. Kostellow painted these oil-on-canvas murals, entitled "Battle of Bushy Run" and "Glass Industry," in 1938, based on designs by Frank T. Olson and funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. They are viewable in the Jeannette post office lobby. "THE POST OFFICE MURAL in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, was the design of one artist and the product of another. The Battle of Bushy Run was originally conceptualized, researched and drawn by T. Frank Olson , who died only days after his designs were approved by Washington, DC. The son of Norwegian immigrants, T. Frank Olson travelled to Bergen, Norway in...