Completion Year: 1940

This Section of Fine Arts mural, entitled "Cotton--From Field to Mill," was painted in 1940 by Philip Evergood, for the then-new Jackson post office at 132 S Mulberry St. It was moved to the retail lobby of the current post office building upon its relocation in 1995. Following alleged complaints regarding the content of the mural, it was covered with black plastic in August 2020 while its fate is determined (Jackson Progress-Argus).

Section of Fine Arts terra cotta relief entitled "The Little Farmer" installed by Ilse Erythropel in 1940.

The historic post office building in Norwich, Connecticut houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Taking Up Arms--1776," completed in 1940 by George Kanelous.

A cornerstone on the Oakland, Maryland Post Office shows it to be a project of the Federal Works Administration from 1940.

"Constructed in 1940, the building is the most detailed and complete of the five identified, small Colonial Revival influenced post offices in Colorado. George Vander Sluis painted the mural, entitled Colorado Landscape, in 1942 as a WPA project."   (www.historycolorado.org)

Boardman Robinson painted this mural, entitled "Colorado Stock Sale," in 1940 with funds provide by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the Englewood post office lobby.

The De Queen Post Office was constructed in 1940 with Treasury Department funds. The Waymarking site for the post office explains that: "The DeQueen Post Office ...has a similar look to many of the Treasury Department post office buildings. This is a one-story tan brick building which is square, with a hipped roof covered with composition shingles..." It also draws our attention to the concrete cornerstone to the left of the post office entrance that reads: James A. Farley Postmaster General John M. Carmody Federal Works Administrator W. Englebert Reynolds Commissioner of Public Buildings Louis A. Simon Supervising Architect Neal A. Melick Supervising Engineer 1940

In 1939, Robert Kittredge was commissioned by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Arts to create artwork for the newly-completed Flagstaff post office (later known as the Federal Building). He created a wooden bas-relief, "Arizona Logging," which was installed in 1940. The sculpture speaks to the logging industry, which was a critical part of Flagstaff's economy for decades. Three loggers are depicted putting logs onto a wagon using a "cant dog" poll. When the old post office/federal building was sold in 1983, the bas-relief was moved to the stairwell of the new wing of the Coconino County Courthouse, one-half block north.  

WisconsinHistory.org: "The Herbster Community Center was funded by the Work Progress Administration, a federal agency established in 1935 by President Roosevelt to provide employment for needy workers during the Great Depression. The WPA project at Herbster was developed to utilize local material and to employ local labor while achieving the final goal of erecting a building that could be used as a gymnasium and town hall. Approval for the community center was granted on May 13, 1939 and work on the project was started in October 1939. The center was completed in the spring of 1940 at the cost of $30,000....

The historic Clifton, Texas post office was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1940. The building is still in service.