Completion Year: 1939

Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "A Letter" painted by Orlin E. Clayton in 1939.

Sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the historic former Central Fire Station in Saco, Maine was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. contributed a $27,000 grant toward the project, whose total cost was $60,928. Construction occurred between Aug. 1938 and Mar. 1939. PWA Docket No. ME W1022. "he Central Fire Station has been a significant landmark in the Saco community from the very beginning. The brick firehouse, designed to reflect an ongoing heritage from an earlier tradition of civic service and public safety, well served its role from its construction until January 2011, when a...

The oil-on-canvas mural "Early Clockmaking" was painted by Suzanne and Lucerne McCullough for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The mural was installed in the Thomaston, Connecticut post office lobby in 1939.

H. Louis Freund painted this 13' x 4'8" oil on canvas mural "Early Days and First Post Office in Pocahontas" in 1939 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts for the post office in Pocahontas. After years of damage, it was restored and transported to ASU. "The mural depicts several early scenes of Pocahontas and the surrounding areas. In the lower right is the community of Davidsonville, where the state's first post office was established in 1817. On the left is the old dam and mill as it existed around 1835 in the community of Birdell on the Eleven Point River....

The oil-on-canvas mural "From Timber to Agriculture" was painted for the historic Heber Springs post office, now municipal building. "Louis Freund was commissioned for $660 to create a mural for Heber Springs, Arkansas. He visited the town and decided to construct a scene that extolled the early, pioneer life of the community. He experienced a significant degree of difficulty modeling the oxen, being forced to revise them three times before the Section approved of their rendering. Further difficulties arose concerning the angle of the axe in the man's hand, claims that it appeared limp forced Freund to revise the figure a...

Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Cotton," painted for the Phenix City post office by Kelly Fitzpatrick in 1939. The mural still hangs in the old post office. "The Phenix City panel was the second of two murals by Fitzpatrick, a Wetumpka artist, with Ozark the first. Its theme is the southern cotton crop. Before it was installed in the Phenix City post office it was exhibited at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and described in the local newspaper: 'The subject of the mural is a cotton growth cycle showing the various steps from the planting of the seed to...

Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Local Agriculture--A.A.A 1939" painted by Aldis Browne in 1939. It still hangs in the old post office, now used by the Board of Education. "Browne's Oneonta panel depicts a series of local scenes, all of them suggestions from the people of Oneonta. Also noteworthy about the Oneonta mural was the working method used by Browne. He came to Oneonta from Connecticut and painted the work directly on the wall to the delight of the local citizens, who apparently came by daily to inspect his progress. Browne reported to the Section office that he was "nuts"...

Medium: oil on canvas Section of Fine Art "mural entitled "Removal of the County Seat from Daphne to Bay Minette" by Hilton Leech in 1939. It was restored and moved to the current post office building in 1987"

A Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts-sponsored mural titled “Big City News” was by Jose Aceves and installed in the lobby of the old Borger, Texas post office in 1939. The mural, which measures 4' x 9',  is now housed in the nearby Hutchinson County Museum.  

This mural entitled "The First White Man in South Dakota" was painted by Irvin Shope in 1939 under the auspices of the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.