Location: Post Office - Bolivar TN

Post Office Mural – Bolivar TN

Picking Cotton, by Carl Nyquist

The post office contains a mural by Carl Nyquist, installed in 1941, “Picking Cotton.” The mural is 13 feet 6 inches wide and 5 feet high. “The mural, a reflection of the long, flat cotton fields of the area, is… read more

Post Office – Bolivar TN

The red-brick Colonial Revival style post office was erected with WPA labor. (Van West, 2001). It contains a mural by Carl Nyquist, “Picking Cotton.” Interestingly, Van West takes an almost opposite view of the accuracy of the mural from that… read more