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Date added: November 26, 2012; Modified: November 26, 2012
The post office contains two murals entitled “Saratoga in Racing Season” painted by Guy Pene du Bois in 1937 under the TRAP (Treasury Relief Art Project). This office is now the Finance Unit, Downtown.
Date added: November 25, 2012
The post office contains several murals depicting scenes of local history in the colonial period. They were painted by Jacob Getlar Smith with TRAP support in 1936.
Date added: November 25, 2012; Modified: November 25, 2012
The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts terra-cotta relief made by Kenneth Washburn in 1952 and entitled “Jethro Wood Making the First Successful All-Metal Plough in 1819 in Moravia.”
Date added: November 24, 2012
“In the late 1930s the City, in conjunction with the Federal government, attempted to solve [Santa Barbara’s lower East Side] flooding problem through the construction of a pump station, located at the mouth of Laguna Creek. Constructed by the Works… read more
Date added: November 19, 2012; Modified: November 19, 2012
The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Early Commerce in the Erie Canal Region” painted by Arthur Getz in 1940.
Date added: November 18, 2012; Modified: November 19, 2012
The post office interior features five murals depicting winter sports painted by Henry Billings in 1937.
Date added: November 17, 2012
The post office contains five cast stone reliefs created under the TRAP program. The reliefs, created by Vincent Glinsky and his assistant Leo Schulemowitz in 1934, depict the “Evolution of Transportation.”
Date added: November 17, 2012; Modified: November 17, 2012
Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Lock on the Champlain Canal, Fort Edward” painted by George A. Picken in 1938.
Date added: November 17, 2012; Modified: November 17, 2012
Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “The Onion Fields” painted in 1942 by Alison Mason Kingsbury. “It was a piece that valorized the work of the local onion workers, many of whom where immigrants from Russia, and was aptly titled… read more
Date added: November 14, 2012; Modified: November 14, 2012
The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts stone relief by Leopold F. Scholz: “”A Pioneer Woman’s Bravery,” a cast stone relief, 2′ 7″ x 6′ 2 1/2″ was sculpted by Leopold F. Scholz in 1940. Scholz (1877-1946) emigrated… read more
Date added: November 12, 2012
“An old school building in the northern Idaho town of Worley is slated for demolition, but a newly formed historical society is scrambling to have the structure saved. Catherine Morris told the Coeur d’Alene Press the Worley Historical Society formed… read more
Date added: October 31, 2012; Modified: November 11, 2012
“The Glen Park Municipal Swimming Pool complex was completed as a Federal jobs program project during the Great Depression. Construction began in the winter of 1933-1934 when President Franklin Roosevelt’s administration rushed to get the unemployed to work during the… read more
Date added: October 31, 2012; Modified: November 11, 2012
“CWA road crew leveling a grade on a county road near Westfield. The CWA undertook many road and utility projects during the Great Depression in order to provide relief for out of work men.”
Date added: November 7, 2012; Modified: November 7, 2012
The post office contains two Section of Fine Arts murals painted by Waldo Peirce in 1939. The murals are entitled “Rip Van Winkle” and “Legends of the Hudson.”
Date added: September 12, 2010; Modified: October 30, 2012
“Construction of Davis’s first public park in 1937 was importantly funded by the WPA. Of the $13,128 total cost, the WPA contributed $8,355, leaving $4,773 for the city.” – Davis: Radical Changes, Deep Constants The WPA constructed a public restrooms… read more