Post Office Mural – Emmetsburg IA

Painted in 1940 by artist Lee Allen, the mural on the U.S. Post Office in Emmetsburg, Iowa is called “Conservation of Wild Life,” and was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
Painted in 1940 by artist Lee Allen, the mural on the U.S. Post Office in Emmetsburg, Iowa is called “Conservation of Wild Life,” and was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
The Section of Fine Arts sponsored a mural to be painted for the new Onawa, Iowa post office. The work, entitled “Soil Erosion and Control,” was painted by Lee Allen and installed in the post office in 1938.