• Post Office Mural - Hamburg IA
    William E. L. Bunn painted this oil on canvas mural, entitled "Peony Festival at Hamburg," in 1941 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. "The original mural was destroyed during renovations in the 70s. In 1999, Tony Rajer's art class at the University of Wisconsin painted a replica for the new post office." (newdealartregistry.org) It is viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office Mural - Hickman KY
    William E. L. Bunn painted the mural "Mississippi Packets" for the lobby of the Hickman post office in 1940; the work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - Minden NE
    This oil-on-canvas mural entitled "1848, Fort Kearny, Protectorate on the Overland Trail, 1871" was painted by William E.L. Bunn, 1939. "Minden has the distinction of having perhaps the most ambitious and thoroughly researched of all of the post office murals in Nebraska. The mural, entitled "1848, Fort Kearny, Protectorate on the Overland Trail, 1871", depicts the history of Fort Kearney and the many people who passed through it. When the mural was commissioned, historic Fort Kearny was no longer in existence. Therefore, Bunn recreated a scene of fort buildings and representations of the travelers who passed by the fort through historic photographs,...
  • Post Office Murals - Dubuque IA
    "The interior features several important murals in the lobby vestibule. The murals were funded with $2,000 of the original money allotted for construction of the building. Although a competition to select an artist was held, officials intended to select Grant Wood, the famous Iowa painter of "American Gothic," to complete the murals. When Wood did not enter the competition, William E.L. Bunn was selected. The selection was subsequently overturned in favor of a painter named Bertram Adams. As a compromise, both Bunn and Adams, who each studied and worked with Wood and were friends from the University of Iowa, were...