The Canoga Park post office is graced by a large oil-on-canvas mural by the artist Maynard Dixon, painted in 1941. The mural is titled “Palomino Ponies—1840” and depicts several galloping horses and a rider. Dixon was one of the most… read more
The Melrose Park Library is located in the building that was previously the main post office for Melrose Park. In 2007 “Airmail” was rediscovered hidden by a drop ceiling. It was painted by Edwin Boyd Johnson in 1937 with funding… read more
Michigan State University’s main library houses a mural by Henry Bernstein titled “America’s First Agricultural College.” The work was first created for the then-new East Lansing post office. From the Kresge Art Museum New Deal Walking Tour: “Originally commissioned by the Treasury… read more
This tempera on canvas mural “Early Spanish Caballeros” was painted by Lew E. Davis with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds. It was moved to its current location at the museum from the Los Banos Post Office.
This building was originally the post office, but then was repurposed as the Mineola Historical Museum. The oil-on-canvas mural by Bernard Zakheim, entitled “New and Old Methods of Transportation,” was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. From Art… read more
The Mission Historical Museum (formerly post office) houses an example of New Deal artwork: “West Texas Landscape,” an oil-on-canvas mural by Xavier Gonzalez. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and was completed in 1942.
The 4′ x 15′ mural “San Rafael Creek—1851” was completed in 1937, commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The mural is housed in San Rafael’s historic Mission Rafael post office.
Two New Deal murals by Stevan Dohanos: “New Deal mural entitled “Mining Village” painte by Stevan Dohanos in 1939. The mural was slated to be installed in the Huntingdon post office but the locals deemed it too depressing. It was… read more
This oil on canvas mural, entitled “Romance of Monroe,” was completed by Ralf Henricksen in 1938 with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The mural is currently displayed in the lobby of the Monroe Historical Museum, located in… read more
This mural “Grizzly Bear and Cubs” was originally commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts for Monrovia’s Ivy Avenue Post Office in 1940. “Helen Katherine Forbes, a California artist, was awarded a contract to paint a mural for the… read more
The Kansas City Municipal Auditorium facade is decorated with three bas relief carved medallions depicting classic themes. The medallions were created by Albert Stewart in 1934 as part of the PWA construction project. Albert Stewart was born in Kensington, England,… read more
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… read more
“”Pre-Settlement Days” is a mural painted in 1939 by Ila Turner McAfee. It is an oil painting on canvas. It hung in the lobby of the Edmond Post Office for decades. It shows the open prairie before it was opened… read more
The El Viejo Building in Modesto, California, contain a series of murals painted by Roy Boynton. This was originally the downtown post office and Federal Building, and the murals were commissioned by the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) and mounted… read more
This mural “Unloading a River Barge” was painted by Ruth Grotenrath for the Hudson, WI post office with support from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. When a new post office was built in Hudson, the mural found a new… read more
Edward Buk Ulreich painted two murals for the Columbia, Missouri, post office in 1937: “Indians Watching Stagecoach in the Distance” and “Pony Express.” He was paid $1,580 for his murals, commissioned by the Department of the Treasury’s Section of Painting… read more
The exterior of the National Archives is graced by sculptures, bas-reliefs and inscriptions. The building above ground was completed under the New Deal by the Treasury Department Office of Procurement, including the sculptures. Congress originally approved a new home for… read more
William Zorach was commissioned by the New Deal’s Treasury Section of Fine Arts to create the statue “Benjamin Franklin.” The statue was made out of marble, and Zorach was paid $8,000 for the job. This artwork was created for the… read more
The New Deal years 1933 to 1941 were arguably the best years in the history of the National Zoo, thanks to the many projects undertaken by the Roosevelt Administration. Labor was provided by work-relief programs — the Civil Works Administration… read more
Erwin Springweiler’s bronze statue, “Great Anteater,” was mounted at the National Zoo in 1938. It stands in front of the Small Mammal House. Springweiler was able to work from a live anteater at the zoo and from skeletons and furs at… read more
Heinz Warneke created a red granite sculpture for the National Zoo, entitled “Tumbling Bears,” in 1938. It sits at the bottom of a hill near the Large Cat area. A plaque on the sculpture calls it Tumbling Bears, but it… read more
The four panels that make up “TVA Power” by Minna Citron were produced with the help of Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds and were moved from the old Post Office to the Museum in the 1970s.
The post office contains several Section of Fine Arts tempera murals painted by George Harding in 1939. The murals depict “Mail Delivery,” “City,” “Country,” “Northern Coast,” “Office,” “Home,” “Tropics,” and “History of Mail Transportation by Water.
The historic Northgate Station post office housed an example of New Deal artwork: “Good Technique – Good Harvest,” an oil-on-canvas mural by Victor Arnautoff. The work, which was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, was completed and installed… read more
The historic Old Chelsea Station post office houses examples of New Deal artwork: two sculptures, titled “Deer” and “Bears,” by Paul Fiene, housed just inside the public entrance on 18th Street. Made of “cast stone with silver leaf finish,” the works were commissioned… read more
The historic former Palmer Square post office in Princeton, New Jersey houses an example of New Deal artwork: a large mural, entitled “Columbia under the Palm,” painted by Karl Free in 1939. “One of the distinctive features of the post… read more
The mural “Memories of Marion County” is a compilation of scenes from Marion County including a flood scene (on the left), slaves escaping to Illinois (on the right), and Tom, Huck, and Jim on the raft (in the middle). The… read more
The former Parcel Post Building in Richmond, Virginia housed multiple examples of New Deal artwork: murals by Paul Cadmus and Jared French, respectively, which were commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Paul Cadmus’s work was a [multi-panel?] mural… read more
The former Parcel Post Building in Richmond, Virginia housed multiple examples of New Deal artwork: murals by Paul Cadmus and Jared French, respectively, which were commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Gerard French’s work was a mural: “Stuart’s… read more
Cleveland’s historic Pearlbrook Station post office houses one of many examples of New Deal artwork commissioned for northeast Ohio post offices by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The mural, “Ore Docks and Steel Mills,” was completed by Richard… read more
“In addition to its architectural importance, the [downtown post office in Bay Shore, New York] contains a noteworthy relief sculpture entitled Speed by Wheeler Williams that was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture in 1936. This was… read more
“The Economic Activities of the Narragansett Planters” is a Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural, painted by Ernest Hamlin Baker, that was originally installed in the Wakefield, Rhode Island post office. The mural was relocated in 1999 and currently resides… read more
“Chesapeake Fishermen” This mural was originally proposed for the Eutaw, Alabama post office. Since it depicts nothing in the Eutaw area, the Section reassigned it to Phoebus, Virginia. Note: Phoebus was a separate incorporated town during the 1930s. It was… read more
The mural “Ranchers of the Panhandle Fighting Prairie Fire with Skinned Steer,” painted by Frank Mechau in 1940, was created for what was then the post office in Brownfield, Texas. The building now (2014) serves as the Brownfield Police Station…. read more
The two panels of the New Deal mural “Development of St. Johns” were commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts for the St. John’s Station post office. The building served as the St. John’s Station Post Office and is currently… read more
“Discovery of Ore” by Betty Carney. This mural in the Chisholm Post Office was completed with the help of New Deal funds.
Two murals by the Italian born American artists Peppino Mangravite were painted for this post office with funding from the Section of Fine Arts in 1939. “Youth” and “Family Recreations” together show more than 130 figures participating in a range… read more
The historic post office building in Fairport, New York housed a example of New Deal artwork inside: a Treasury Section of Fine Arts-commissioned bronze relief entitled “The Harvest.” Henry Van Wolf completed the work in 1939, and it was installed… read more
The Transylvania County Administration building at 101 South Broad Street in Brevard, North Carolina was originally constructed as a New Deal post office. The post office was one of several similar Federal/Greek Revival-style facilities in western North Carolina. Per The… read more
Constructed in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the former Post Office in Osceola, Arkansas is typical of the type of small post offices that were built during the New Deal for rural towns. The $55,000 project probably begun… read more