• Detroit Naval Armory Artwork - Detroit MI
    "The new armory opened in 1930, and was used as both a training facility and civic event site. The indoor drill floor was used for dances, USO mixers, auto shows, and political and sporting events. In 1932, future heavyweight champion Joe Louis fought his first career bout. With the onset of the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration funded numerous artistic additions to the armory, including three murals, plaster carvings, and extensive wood carvings; this collection of WPA art is the largest collection of federally-funded Depression-era artwork of any building in the state... The Detroit Naval Armory is a limestone structure...
  • Michigan State University: Union Building Mural - East Lansing MI
    This mural is located on the first floor of the Union Building on the MSU campus. Plaque on site: "During the Great Depression, through President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration program, many artists were commissioned to decorate public buildings. This mural depicting Thomas Edison's workshop was painted by Edgar Yaeger for the Public Lighting Commission building in Detroit. The artist retrieved the mural when the building was razed in 1983 to make room for the Renaissance Center. In 1988 at the age of 84, Mr. Yaeger restored the mural with the assistance of Kat Skotarczyk. Two years later, he donated...