• Marine Air Terminal Mural - Flushing NY
    The Marine Air Terminal contains the largest WPA mural ever painted. "Flight" measures 12 feet (3.7 m) in height and 237 feet (72 m) in length. Artist James Brooks completed this mural depicting the history of flight in 1940. "It was completely painted over by the Port Authority of NY and NJ in the 1950s during the Red Scare, but was restored in 1980 and in 1995 the building was declared a historic landmark."   (kermitproject.org) Flynn and Polese report that the mural was completed in 1942.
  • Post Office (former) Mural - Little Falls NJ
    The historic former post office in Little Falls, New Jersey—now the Little Falls Civic Center and Historical Society—houses an example of New Deal artwork: "Labor and Leisure," an oil-on-canvas mural painted by James Brooks in 1939. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.