New Deal Projects – Living New Deal

Jefferson Nickel – Washington DC

The final design for the Jefferson Nickel

The Jefferson nickel, an essential coin in Americans’ pockets for over fifty years, was designed and first minted during the New Deal. On March 6, 1938, The Sunday Star newspaper (Washington, DC) reported that, “The Section of Painting and Sculpture,… read more

Post Office Sculpture – White Hall IL

“Along the south wall of the lobby of the Post Office is a sculpture ‘Potter and His Burro,’ commissioned by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Section of Painting and Sculpture in November 1938. It was created by Felix Schlag in honor… read more