New Deal Projects – Living New Deal

Post Office Mural – Boonville IN

The Section of Fine Arts-funded mural “Boonville Beginnings” was painted by Ida Ableman and installed in the lobby of the Boonville, Indiana post office in 1941. The size of the mural is 12’7″ x 5’6″ and the medium is casein… read more

Post Office Mural – Lewistown IL

The tempera mural “Lewistown Milestones” was painted by Ida Abelman and installed in the Lewistown, Illinois post office in 1941. The New Deal Art Registry notes that the mural “can be seen 24-7 through a glass window.”