• Independence Park Mural - Chicago IL
    The Federal Arts Project section of the New Deal Program employed men and women with different artistic talents for depictions of American life that would be on display in federal buildings and newly built buildings. Although the Independence Park field house, (located at 3945 N. Springfield) was not a new development (it was built in 1914), a WPA painting by M.R Decker was created for display in the field house auditorium in 1937, a few years after the 22 independent park agencies of Chicago formed to become the Chicago Park District. This painting is entitled "Spirit of 1776", and depicts...
  • Outer Bridge Drive (Link Bridge) - Chicago IL
    "The Outer Drive Bridge, also known as the Link Bridge was started in 1929 and completed in 1937 as one of the Public Works Administration's public projects in Chicago...While the completion of the Outer Drive was considered one of the most important projects in the PWA it took many years to complete. A main issue was funding. Due to a lack of provided security by Chicago Park Districts, the allotment for the bridge was revoked until the districts were all in position to comply. The total cost of the Outer Drive is estimated at $11,563,000." (wikipedia.org) "After multiple delays, the Link Bridge...
  • Post Office Mural - Harlan IA
    Richard Gates painted this oil on canvas mural, entitled "The Farmer Feeding Industry,"  in 1937 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - Cresco IA
    Mural entitled "Iowa Farming" painted in 1937 by Richard Haines. "Richard Haines was born here in 1906. His parents, Fred and Hattie, were pioneer farmers at the turn of the century and Richard began sketching scenes of cows and the countryside as a child. His natural born skills were sufficient to win him a scholarship at the Minneapolis School of Art, where, upon graduation, he was hired as a professor. Haines was not content with the limited artistic styles offered there, so he enrolled in the L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France... As a result of his exposure to the fine arts...
  • Post Office (former) Murals - Rutland VT
    There are 6 murals in the now-former post office building at 151 West Street in Rutland, Vermont. Painted in 1937 by Stephen J. Belaski, the works depict the "Early History of Vermont." The artwork was commissioned under the auspices of the TRAP (Treasury Relief Art Project). Though the post office has moved to an adjacent property, the murals are still accessible for public viewing.
  • Post Office and Court House Mural - Fort Scott KS
    Oscar E. Berninghaus painted this Section of Fine Arts oil-on-canvas mural entitled "Border Gateways" in 1937 in the Fort Scott federal courthouse. As of 2007, the federal court room was empty. Access was possible with permission from the post office, housed downstairs. This work is a placid scene showing settlers travelling into the Kansas Territory as a result of the “Enabling Act of Kansas Territory” in 1854. There appear to be rows of newly cut wheat and Native Americans looking on the settlers at the front left, with cavalry at the front right. A stagecoach is in the background, possibly the...
  • Post Office - Bunkie LA
    The historic post office in Bunkie, Louisiana was constructed in 1937 with U.S. Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses a New Deal mural, is still in use today.
  • Wesley United Church Education Center (Old Post Office) Mural - Dover DE
    A set of several panels painted by William D. White in 1937 entitled "Harvest, Spring and Summer." The murals were funded by TRAP for what was then the Dover DE post office and is now the Wesley United Church Education Center. From the September 9, 1936 edition of the Sunday Star: “The saga of the life and industries of Kent County is depicted in the mural being prepared for the Dover Post Office by William D. White, of Carcroft, near Wilmington. “Mr. White is one of the many artists throughout the nation contributing his talent towards the decoration of post office buildings,working for...
  • Cove Station Post Office - Weirton WV
    This New Deal facility was erected in 1937 as the Holliday's Cove post office. In 1947, Holliday's Cove, Marland Heights and Weirton Heights incorporated into one city and took the name Weirton. This became the Cove Station.