• Post Office - Wrangell AK
    The historic U.S. Post Office and Customs House in Wrangell, Alaska was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1942, houses an example of New Deal artwork and is still in use today.
  • Post Office Mural - Middleport NY
    The post office contains a mural by Marianne Appel entitled "Rural Highway" and painted in 1941. Appel won the commission in a competition held by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.  
  • Post Office Mural - Wrangell AK
    The historic post office in Wrangell, Alaska houses an example of New Deal artwork: "Old Town in Alaska," commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Austin Mecklem and Marianne Appel (husband and wife) painted the Wrangell mural in 1943 in NY state. It was shipped via railway on Oct 19, 1943 and arrived in Wrangell AK early December 1943. A telegram dated October 20, 1943 stated the Mr. Arnold Prusi installed the mural the previous week."