• Post Office Mural - Mercer PA
    The 1940 mural "Clearing the Land," by Lorin Thompson, was a winner of the Treasury Section's 48-State Post Office Competition. The work was installed in the Mercer, Pennsylvania post office and is still visible today.
  • Post Office Mural - Pascagoula MS
    Lorin Thompson painted this oil on canvas mural, entitled "Legend of the Singing River," in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. "The mural was damaged in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina. The post office was later demolished and the mural is currently in storage at the Moss Point PO. It is hoped to have it installed in the newly opened Pascagoula PO on Jackson Street within the year." (newdealartregistry.org) As of 2017, the mural was hung in the new post office. The "Legend of the Singing River" is "a love story in which it is told that the...
  • Post Office Murals - Altoona PA
    The murals "Growth of the Road" and "Pioneers of Altoona" by Lorin Thompson were completed with the help of Treasury Relief Art Projecct funds in 1938.