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  • Haggard Ford Swinging Bridge - Harrison AR
    "The Haggard Ford Swinging Bridge is being nominated with state significance as an amendment to the "Historic Bridges of Arkansas" multiple property nomination under Criterion A for its association with the World War II era of bridge building and with the Works Progress Administration. Under Criterion C, the Haggard Ford Swinging Bridge is significant for its engineering as one the few remaining historic suspension bridges in Arkansas... Haggard Ford is named for Mrs. Nancy Haggard, a widow with three children who lived near the creek crossing at the turn of the century. In the late 1930's it was decided to construct...
  • Yellow Jacket Stadium - Cleburne TX
    Text on Historical Marker at Yellow jacket Stadium: "In 1939, work began to replace Rhome Field, where Cleburne high played home football games for twenty years. The works projects administration (WPA) provided most of the funding for the new $80,000 stadium built from concrete and rough cut Somervell county limestone. It opened in fall 1941, with ivy-covered stands, pilasters, seating for 3800, ticket windows, and dressing rooms. The stadium has hosted football games, other sports, and community events."
  • Post Office Mural - Okemah OK
    The post office contains a 1941 Section of Fine Arts mural "Grand Council of 1842" painted by Richard West. This work is a work having a rather flat perspective by West depicting the Grand Council of 1842, probably 1843 which was a peace treaty between multiple Indian Tribes and Texas. The treaty was signed in March of 1843 and subsequently a Grand Council of representatives of the Delawares, CAddoes, Wacos, Shawnees, Ionies, Anadarko, Tawakano, Wichitas, and Kichai. The treaty was signed and then completed in September at Bird’s Fort. Richard West was born near the Darlington Agency in Oklahoma, attended the Haskell...
  • Post Office Mural - Frankfort MI
    The historic post office in Frankfort, Michigan contains an example of New Deal artwork: a Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "On Board the Ferry Car (Ann Arbor #4, Feb. 14, 1923)." "The first thing you notice when walking into Frankfort's post office is the stately 1940s architecture. There are dark wood walls, marble floors and high ceilings. But there's also a mural that you just might miss if you don't happen to look above the postmaster's office door. The mural is about the size of a family dining table and it depicts an Ann Arbor car ferry as its crew battles a...
  • Post Office Mural - Cambridge City IN
    The post office contains a 1941 Section of Fine Arts mural by Samuel F. Hershey entitled "Pride of Cambridge City." Mural showing the agriculture basis of Cambridge City with a man controlling a spirited hose in the center surrounded by workers feeding hogs, cattle, and corn, with machines and manufacturing in the background. Samuel F. Hershey was unusual for an artist in that he studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Boston Museum School of Art, and the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, including influences by members Aldro Hibbard and William Lester Stevens. He taught at Harvard...
  • Post Office (former) - Des Plaines IL
    What is now the "... Journal & Topics building served as Des Plaines’ main post office from 1941 to 1974. Even though the Des Plaines Post Office’s building had only been built in 1930, by 1938 the volume of mail handled by had increased enough to warrant a new, larger facility. Scouting the city for the ideal location, the Federal Works Agency of the Public Buildings Administration found it directly next door, at the corner of Graceland and Webford. The contract to build the $135,000 building was let on March 1, 1940 with a target opening date of January 1, 1941. In...
  • Post Office Sculpture - Abingdon IL
    The post office contains a unique terra-cotta relief sculpture by H. Arnold Newell. Entitled "Post Rider," the piece was funded by the Section of Fine Arts in 1941.
  • Post Office - Moravia NY
    The historic post office in Moravia, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed in 1940-1 and houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.
  • Post Office Murals - Hyde Park NY
    The Hyde Park NY post office has murals covering all four walls painted by Olin Dows in 1941. Dows called the group of 19 panels, "Professions and Industries of Hyde Park."  He provided a guide to his murals in booklet form (shown below). The project was paid for by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - Harrison NY
    The lobby of the historic post office in Harrison, New York features a New Deal Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Early Days of the Automobile," which was painted in 1941 by Harold Goodwin.
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