- Post Office Wood Carving - Dundalk MDThe historic post office in Dundalk, Maryland houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Section of Fine Arts-commissioned relief entitled "Welding," produced in 1942 by Harrison Gibbs.
- Post Office - Cairo ILThis federal courthouse and post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1942. The building now houses just the post office. The Treasury Section of Fine Arts also provided a mural by Wendell Jones for the new building. However, Cairo residents refused to accept it. The mural "Sandbagging the Bulkheads" was the fourth mural Jones executed for the Section and was meant to be the consolation prize for being voted runner up to Anton Refregier in the San Francisco Rincon Annex competition. It was completed in 1944. After it was rejected by Cairo, the government sent it to DC to...
- Post Office and Courthouse - Athens GAThe historic U.S. Post Office and Courthouse building in downtown Athens, Georgia, was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1942. It presently houses an example of New Deal artwork, originally created for another post office.
- Post Office Mural - Hardinsburg KYThe historic post office in Hardinsburg, Kentucky houses an example of new Deal artwork: "Kentucky Homestead," a Section of Fine Arts commission. It was completed and installed in the post office lobby in 1942.
- Post Office Mural - Longview TXThis mural "Rural East Texas" by Thomas M. Stell Jr. was completed with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds in 1942.
- Post Office Mural - Bluefield VAThe mural "Coal Mining," by Richard Kenah, was completed with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds and installed in the historic post office in Bluefield, Virginia in 1942. Kenah was a local artist who painted a variety of post office murals for the federal government, as well as portraits.
- Post Office Bas Relief - Penns Grove NJThe bas relief "Early Traders," by Benjamin Hawkins, was produced for historic Penns Grove in 1942 with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds.
- Post Office Mural - Caledonia MNThe 5' x 14' tempera-on-canvas mural entitled "Hog Raising," located in the historic Caledonia post office, was completed by Edmund Lewandowski (1914-1998) in 1942 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It depicts a farm scene of three men shoveling corn to pigs. Caledonia postmaster Charles Dorival suggested that the mural depict some kind of farm scene, believing that it represented, in the words of a contemporaneous article in the local paper, The Argus, "the most general activity of farmers engaged in hog raising in this area. Colors dominant in the mural are of a green and yellow quality and were selected...
- Post Office Mural - St. Helena CAThe 6' x 12' oil-on-canvas mural "Grape Pickers" depicts men harvesting grapes. The mural was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, and was installed in the lobby of the historic St. Helena post office in 1942.
- George Washington High School: Johnson Bas Relief - San Francisco CAThis project was originally assigned to Beniamino Bufano, but was awarded to Johnson instead when the WPA fired Bufano. This 1942 frieze entitled "Athletics" covers the back wall of the football field and still stands today. Supposedly, “WPA officials objected to the political content in Bufano’s design and assigned Johnson to take over the project. According to Richard McKinzie, Bufano was fired when WPA officials learned that he had used the Marxist labor leader, Harry Bridges, as a model for the frieze.” The circumstances surrounding this conflict ended a long friendship between the two artists. -Found SF