• Post Office Bas Relief - Marion VA
    The plaster bas relief entitled "The Letter" was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The work was created for the New Deal post office in Marion, Virginia, which is now privately owned. The relief has since been relocated to the current post office.
  • Post Office Sculptures - Berryville AR
    "Daniel Olney was commissioned for $750 to create a mural for Berryville, Arkansas on the basis of merit of the model submitted in the Salina, Kansas Competition. The figures were designed for Salina, Kansas, but were transformed into man and woman for Arkansas. Olney specifically created a plow and guitar to show a union of work and play. He encountered some trouble relating the sculpture to the wall, their smaller size, approximately three feet tall, does not entirely cover the space above the postmaster's door. In this mural, Rural Arkansas is characterized by the figures of a farmer on the right...