Philip von Saltza Sites

Two murals, "Haying" and "Sugaring Off," by Philip von Saltza were completed in 1939 with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds. The post office moved to a new facility in early 2008. The murals remain in the old lobby.

An oil-on-canvas mural entitled “Lumberman Log-Rolling” was painted for the Milford, New Hampshire post office in 1940 by Philip Von Saltza.  Mr. Von Saltza received $700 for his efforts according to the project's contract dated April 15, 1940.  The mural was completed and installed by the end of August.

Oil on canvas entitled "Wild Horses by Moonlight" painted by Philip von Saltza in 1940. "Swedish-born Philip von Saltza, a resident of Maine in the 1930's, painted post office murals in Vermont and New Hampshire. This mural was not originally created for its location in Schuyler, Nebraska. It was originally entered in an Arizona post office competition, but the government assigned the unchanged design to Schuyler in eastern Nebraska. When local residents complained about tall cacti in the landscape, von Saltza superimposed cottonwood trees! As a result,this change made the citizens of Schuyler much happier with their mural." (https://communitydisc.westside66.org)

"First Flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk" Medium: oil on canvas, 1940 Phillip Von Saltza, painter Von Saltza's painting was selected from a pool of 1,475 entrants. The painting, in the post office in this eastern North Carolina town, commemorates the Wright brothers' first experiment with flight, which happened just around 100 miles away in Kitty Hawk.