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  • Post Office mural - Ripley TN
    This mural, "Autumn" was completed with New Deal funds in 1940.
  • Post Office Mural - Riverside NJ
    The historic post office building in Riverside, New Jersey contains a federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural. Entitled "The Town of Progress – 1855," the oil-on-canvas mural by John Poehler was completed in 1940.
  • Post Office Mural - Riverton WY
    The historic Riverton post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: the mural "Farm Scene," painted by George Vander Sluis, completed in 1942. Annals of Wyoming: On February 10, 1942, the Treasury Section invited George Vander Sluis of Colorado Springs to submit designs for a mural that would go in the Riverton post office. The 13x6 foot painting, completed some eight months later was the last Treasury Section job done in Wyoming. Vander Sluis was picked for the $850 Riverton assignment on the basis of an entry he had submitted for a Denver mural competition. By this time, the country was...
  • Post Office Mural - Roanoke Rapids NC
    Charles W. Ward painted this 1938 mural "Cotton Pickers" with support from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - Roaring Spring PA
    The historic post office in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania houses an example of New Deal artwork: "Mountain Landscape," a mural by Elizabeth Shannon Phillips. The 1942 work was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - Robstown TX
    The mural "Founding and Subsequent Development of Robstown," installed in the lobby of the Robstown, Texas post office, was painted by Alice Reynolds in 1941.
  • Post Office Mural - Rockdale TX
    The historic post office in Rockdale, Texas houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Treasury Section of Fine Arts-commissioned oil-on-canvas mural entitled "Industry in Rockdale."
  • Post Office Mural - Rockford MI
    The historic Rockford post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: Pierre Bourdelle's 1940 mural, "Along the Furrows," commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - Rockmart GA
    "Kiln Room, Cement Plant" Medium: oil on canvas
  • Post Office Mural - Rockport MA
    This mural "Preparing Rockport Granite for Shipment" was painted by W. Lester Stevens with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds in 1939. The mural hangs in the lobby of the Rockport, Massachusetts post office.
  • Post Office Mural - Rockville IN
    "Landscape" is an example of New Deal artwork, completed by Milton Avery in 1939 under the auspices of the Section of Fine Arts. The oil-on-canvas mural measures 12' x 4'.
  • Post Office Mural - Rockwell City IA
    John Sharp painted this oil-on-canvas mural, entitled "Summer," in 1941 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Sharp also called this mural, "Imaginary Farm."
  • Post Office Mural - Rocky Ford CO
    The mural "The First Crossing at Rocky Ford" hangs in the lobby of the historic Rocky Ford post office. "With the Great Depression, fewer people could afford to patronize the arts, severely impacting the careers of artists. The Treasury Departments Section of Fine Arts provided employment by sponsoring artwork in federal buildings. Many of the post offices constructed during the Depression were decorated with murals or other artworks commissioned by the Section of Fine Arts. Funds for artwork were based on 1% of the total appropriation for the buildings construction. Victor Higgins was hired to paint a mural above the postmasters...
  • Post Office Mural - Rocky Mount VA
    The historic post office in Rocky Mount, Virginia houses an example of New Deal artwork: the mural "Life in Rocky Mount," painted by Roy Hilton. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - Rogers City MI
    This oil-on-canvas mural, entitled "Harbor at Rogers City," was painted by James Calder and installed on September 16, 1941. Calder painted three post office murals in Michigan, including "St. Clair River" in St. Clair and "Waiting for the Mail" on the wall of the Grand Ledge Post Office, portraying a farm family anticipating their daily delivery.
  • Post Office Mural - Rugby ND
    Medium: oil on canvas Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Rugby, the Geographical Center of North America." The work was painted by Kenneth Callahan and completed and installed in 1943. According to the project's contract, dated May 28, 1942, Mr. Callahan was to be paid $850 for his efforts.
  • Post Office Mural - Rushville IL
    Rainey Bennett completed this oil-on-canvas mural, entitled "Hart Fellows, Builder of Rushville," in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the Rushville post office lobby.
  • Post Office Mural - Rusk TX
    The historic post office in Rusk, Texas houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Section of Fine Arts-commissioned mural, titled "Agriculture and Industry at Rusk," completed in 1939.
  • Post Office Mural - Russell KS
    The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts oil-on-canvas mural entitled "Wheat Workers" painted in 1940 by Martyl Schweig. This is a classic regionalist portrayal of wheat workers in the fields during the transition from hand work to a mechanized harvest. The motion and hard work is palpable and in the background are the oil derricks that western Kansas is also known for. Martyl was born to Aimee Schweig, a well-known artist in St. Louis and one of the organizers of the Ste. Genevieve artist colony that thrived from 1930-1940. Martyl was a prodigy, studying with her mother and the other...
  • Post Office Mural - Russellville AL
    A Section of Fine Arts fresco entitled "Shipment of the First Iron Produced in Russellville" was painted for the Russellville, Alabama post office in 1938 by Conrad A. Albrizzio. "The mural for Russellville turned out to be one of the most controversial in Alabama. Albrizzio submitted two sketches of local industry shortly after he was invited to undertake the commission. The Section office chose the scene of a local quarry over that of an early iron mine. The Section apparently made their decision in early July 1937 and by the end of the month they had received numerous telegrams in protest...
  • Post Office Mural - Rye NY
    The historic post office building in Rye, New York contains a New Deal Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "John Jay at His Home." The mural was painted in 1938 by Guy Pene du Bois.
  • Post Office Mural - Sabetha KS
    The post office in Sabetha, Kansas houses an example of New Deal artwork: ""The Hare and the Tortoise," a mural by Albert T. Reid. The work was completed in 1937.
  • Post Office Mural - Saint Anthony ID
    The historic post office in Saint Anthony, Idaho houses an example of New Deal artwork: an oil-on-canvas mural entitled "The Fur Traders," painted in 1939 by Elizabeth Lochrie. The work was sponsored by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Ms. Lochrie also painted murals for the Burley, Idaho and Dillon, Montana post offices.
  • Post Office Mural - Salem WV
    Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Visions of the Development of Salem" painted in 1942 by Berni Glasgow.
  • Post Office Mural - San Gabriel CA
    This oil on canvas mural depicting desert hills now hangs in the office of the postmaster. "San Gabriel County" was painted by Ray Strong with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - San Mateo CA
    These three egg tempera panels on plaster board entitled "Life in Early California" were completed in 1935 by Tom Laman, under the auspices of the Treasury Relief Art Project.
  • Post Office Mural - San Pedro CA
    "The mural Mail Transportation was painted by Fletcher Martin. Martin was a self-taught artist, and he won the commission to paint the murals among seventy-seven artists. By the age of twelve he was working as a printer. He dropped out of high school and held odd jobs like lumberjack and professional boxer. He served in the Navy in the early 20s until finally ending up in Los Angeles teaching at art schools such Otis Art Institute. Mail Transportation is an oil an canvas that shows how mail is transported no matter the conditions, whether it is in the frozen arctic or...
  • Post Office Mural - Sandusky MI
    The historic post office in Sandusky, Michigan houses an example of New Deal artwork: "Cattle Auctions," an oil and tempera mural by Frank Cassara. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - Sauk Center MN
    Richard Jansen painted this oil on canvas mural, entitled "Threshing Wheat," in 1942 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the post office lobby.
  • Post Office Mural - Sayre OK
    The post office contains a 1940 Section of Fine Arts mural by Vance Kirkland entitled “The Opening of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Country.”
  • Post Office Mural - Schuyler NE
    Oil on canvas entitled "Wild Horses by Moonlight" painted by Philip von Saltza in 1940. "Swedish-born Philip von Saltza, a resident of Maine in the 1930's, painted post office murals in Vermont and New Hampshire. This mural was not originally created for its location in Schuyler, Nebraska. It was originally entered in an Arizona post office competition, but the government assigned the unchanged design to Schuyler in eastern Nebraska. When local residents complained about tall cacti in the landscape, von Saltza superimposed cottonwood trees! As a result,this change made the citizens of Schuyler much happier with their mural." (https://communitydisc.westside66.org)
  • Post Office Mural - Scotia NY
    " 1941, Buffalo artist Amy Jones painted the 5'6" by 12' mural, depicting the sparing of the Glen family during the 1690 Schenectady massacre, a key turning point in the early history of Scotia." The mural, entitled "The Glen Family Spared by French and Indians - 1690," was painted under the Section of Fine Arts program.
  • Post Office Mural - Sebastopol CA
    The historic post office in Sebastopol, California contains a New Deal mural: "Agriculture" (1937), 4' x 15' oil on canvas, painted by Malette Dean.
  • Post Office Mural - Sebring FL
    This Section funded mural "Prehistoric Life in Florida" was painted for the Sebring post office in 1942 by Charles R. Knight. It now hangs in the Sebring Public Library.
  • Post Office Mural - Sedro-Woolley WA
    The post office contains a 1941 Section of Fine Arts mural by Albert C. Runquist entitled Loggers and Millworkers. "Known as the "Gateway to the North Cascades," Sedro-Wooley is located along the Skagit River in Skagit County. The mural depicts one of the area's primary industries, timber. The artist, Albert Runquist, was from Aberdeen, Washington and studied at the University of Oregon as well as the Art Student's League of New York." (depts.washington.edu)
  • Post Office Mural - Selbyville DE
    This New Deal mural entitled "Chicken Farm" was painted by William H. Calfee in 1942. It was a winner of the Section's 48-State mural competition.
  • Post Office Mural - Selinsgrove PA
    The tempera-on-canvas mural "Susquehanna Trail" was painted as a federal Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts project by George Rickey. The work was installed in the lobby of the then-new Selinsgrove post office in 1939.
  • Post Office Mural - Sellersville PA
    The tempera-on-canvas mural "Susquehanna Trail" was painted as a federal Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts project by Harry Sternberg. The work was installed in the lobby of the then-new Sellersville post office in 1937.
  • Post Office Mural - Selma CA
    The oil-on-canvas mural "Land of Irrigation," by Norman Chamberlain, was installed at the Selma Post Office on March 24, 1938. Before beginning the piece, Chamberlain traveled to Selma to get a sense of the local community. Local newspaper editor Lowell Pratt Clark took him for a tour of the surrounding countryside, including a visit to a local peach cannery. The final work reflected the town's agricultural economy, in particular irrigated peach and grape production. Chamberlain was paid $1500 for the work.
  • Post Office Mural - Seminole OK
    Acee Blue Eagle completed this oil-on-canvas mural, entitled "Seminole Indian Village Scene," in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the Seminole post office lobby.
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