Federal Building and Courthouse Murals - Binghamton NY Originally built as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse and now the Federal Building and Courthouse, the building was completed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project with Treasury Department funding in 1935.
"Commissioned by the Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts, eight murals painted by artist and Cornell University art professor Kenneth Leland Washburn (1904-1989) on the lobby's upper walls depict scenes pertaining to local agriculture, industry, transportation, and the U.S. mail service."
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Kenneth Washburn
Modern Worker In Industry & Agriculture
Modern & Ancient Methods Of Communication
Communication By Earth, Water, & Air
Thrift & Postal Savings System
1938
Oil on canvas: 57” x 58” each
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