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  • Post Office Mural - Seneca KS
    "New Deal mural entitled "Men & Wheat" painted by Joe Jones in 1940. Mr Jones also painted murals for the post offices in Charleston & Dexter, MO; Anthony, KS and Magnolia, AR. All the murals depict a harvest scene and all but Dexter depict wheat harvesting."
  • Post Office Mural - Seymour TX
    The mural "Comanches" was painted with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds in 1942.
  • Post Office Mural - Shawano WI
    Oil on canvas entitled "The First Settlers" painted by Eugene Higgins in 1939.
  • Post Office Mural - Shelton CT
    The historic Shelton, Connecticut post office houses a federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts-funded mural entitled "River Landscape." The work was painted by Frede Vidar and installed in the post office lobby in 1940.
  • Post Office Mural - Shelton WA
    This tempera mural "Skid Row" by Richard Haines was a winner of the Treasury Section's 48-State Post Office Mural Competition. "When Section officials in Washington, D.C., chose Minneapolis artist Richard Haines to paint a mural for the new post office in Shelton, Washington, the local community openly complained about the selection. Haines tried to make the best of the situation and his logging-themed, egg tempera mural, “The Skid Road,” was actually the only one in the state completed on site. “Whenever possible,” he commented, “I feel painting of the murals on the spot should be encouraged. It is an enlightening experience...
  • Post Office Mural - Sidney MT
    Oil on canvas entitled "General Sully at Yellowstone" by J. K. Ralston (1942).
  • Post Office Mural - Sigourney IA
    New Deal mural "Indian Harvest" painted by Richard Olsen in 1940 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - Siler City NC
    The Siler City Post Office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural by Maxwell B. Starr entitled "Building the First House at Siler's Crossroads." Medium: oil on canvas
  • Post Office Mural - Smithfield VA
    The oil-on-canvas mural "Captain John Smith Trading With the Indians" was painted by William Abbot Cheever in 1941. The mural, which hangs in the lobby of the Smithfield, Virginia post office, was restored in 2009.
  • Post Office Mural - Smithville TX
    The historic Smithville post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: "The Law—Texas Rangers" (1940), an oil-on-canvas mural by Minette Teichmueller. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - Somerset PA
    Alexander Kostellow's mural of a farm scene at the Somerset post office was painted in 1941 with funds from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - Somerville MA
    The lobby of the old post office (now privately owned) contains a New Deal mural entitled "A Skirmish between Bristish and Colonists," which was painted in 1937 by Ross E. Moffett. The mural was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. (Here is another photo of the mural that appeared in the Boston Globe, November 29, 2014)
  • Post Office Mural - South Hadley MA
    The historic post office in South Hadley, Massachusetts contains a Section of Fine Arts tempera mural titled "Composite View of South Hadley." The mural, which hangs in the lobby, was painted by Saul Levine in 1942.
  • Post Office Mural - South Orange NJ
    The historic South Orange post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: a 1939 Section of Fine Arts mural by Bernard Perlin entitled "Outdoor Activities of South Orange."
  • Post Office Mural - South Pasadena CA
    This oil on canvas mural "The Stage Coach" by John Law Walker depicts a Concord mail coach. It was funded by the Treasury Relief Art Project.
  • Post Office Mural - South Portland ME
    New Deal mural entitled "Shipwreck at Night" painted in 1939 by Alzira Peirce.
  • Post Office Mural - Southern Pines NC
    "Southern Pines Idyll" Medium: oil on canvas
  • Post Office Mural - Southington CT
    This oil-on-canvas Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Romance of Southington” was painted in 1942 by Ann Hunt Spence.
  • Post Office Mural - Spencer IN
    "Harvesting" is a Section of Fine Arts mural completed by Joseph Meert in 1940 for the Spencer post office. The size of the mural is 14' x 5' and the medium is tempera and oil on canvas.
  • Post Office Mural - Spencer IN
    Harvesting is a post office mural completed by Joseph Meert in 1940. The mural is located in the city of Spencer. The size of the mural is 14' x 5' and the medium is tempera and oil on canvas.
  • Post Office Mural - Spring Valley NY
    The historic Spring Valley post office contains an example of New Deal artwork: a Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural titled "Waiting for the Mail," painted by Stephen Etnier in 1938.
  • Post Office Mural - Springville NY
    The historic post office in Springville, New York houses a (12'4" x 4'2") Section of Fine Arts oil-on-canvas mural entitled "Fiddler's Green," which was painted by Victoria Hutson Huntley and completed in 1938. From the Springfield Journal (June 30, 1938): "Mrs. Huntley visited the Springville Post Office in late December and while here gathered the material which she has used as subject matter for the mural which is entitled 'Fiddlers' Green.' "Through reading histories of the town and talking with older inhabitants, she learned that in those good old days square dances were supposed to have been danced on the 'Green.' "Mrs. Huntley has painted...
  • Post Office Mural - St. Clair MI
    The mural "St. Clair River," installed in the lobby of the St. Clair, Michigan post office, was painted by James Calder. This was a Treasury Section of Fine Arts-funded project.
  • Post Office Mural - St. Helena CA
    The 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.
  • Post Office Mural - St. James MN
    Margaret Martin painted this oil-on-canvas mural, entitled "Indian Hunters and Rice Gatherers," in 1940 with funds provided by the federal government. It is viewable in the St. James post office lobby.   "Margaret Martin’s mural proposal for the St. James, Minnesota, post office showed Indians gathering wild rice, hunting fowl, and fishing, emphasizing the harmony between the Land of 10,000 Lakes and its earliest inhabitants. Martin took nine months to complete this work, which has hung in its original location at the post office since June 1940. In the mural, a woman uses sticks to harvest the rice from the stalks, while...
  • Post Office Mural - St. Johnsville NY
    The historic post office building in St. Johnsville, New York houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Three Periods in the Development of the Mohawk Valley," painted in 1940 by Jirayr H. Zorthian.  
  • Post Office Mural - St. Martinville LA
    This oil-on-canvas mural “Evangeline” was painted by Minetta Good in 1940. It has been moved from the old post office to this new location. The painting shows the fictive Acadian (French-American) heroine of the 1847 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem of the same name. Separated from her lover during a period of conflict with the British, Evangeline was an important figure in Acadian communities in Canada and the United States. In the early 20th century, city boosters from St. Martinville proclaimed their town the original immigration site of Evangeline from France. The mural depicts Evangeline seated in front of the famous...
  • Post Office Mural - St. Marys WV
    New Deal mural entitled "St. Mary's and the Industries of the Region" painted by Alexander B. Clayton in 1939.
  • Post Office Mural - Staunton IL
    Ralf Henriksen painted this oil on canvas mural, entitled "Going to Work," in 1941 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the lobby of the Staunton post office.
  • Post Office Mural - Ste. Genevieve MO
    The post office contains a 1942 Section of Fine Arts mural by Martyl Schweig entitled "La Guignolee." A 1941 newspaper article now displayed by the mural explains that the soon to be installed mural depicts an old Ste. Genevieve custom.
  • Post Office Mural - Stilwell OK
    The historic post office in Stilwell, Oklahoma houses an example of New Deal artwork: this 1942 oil-on-canvas mural, "Cherokee Indian Farming and Animal Husbandry," by Olga Mohr was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. As of 2023 the mural has been removed due to a leak in the roof above it. The mural will remain out of view until the leak has been fixed.
  • Post Office Mural - Stoughton WI
    The historic Stoughton, Wisconsin post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: an oil-on-canvas mural entitled "Air Mail Service," painted by Edmund D. Lewandowski in 1940. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - Strasburg VA
    Strasburg, Virginia's historic post office houses a New Deal mural titled “Apple Orchard.” Painted by Sarah Blakeslee in 1938, the work was commissioned by the U.S. Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • Post Office Mural - Stuart VA
    The historic post office in Stuart, Virginia contains a 1942 Section of Fine Arts mural by John E. Costigan entitled "Receiving Mail on the Farm."
  • Post Office Mural - Sturgeon Bay WI
    Egg tempera mural entitled "Fruits of Sturgeon Bay" painted in 1940 by Santos Zingale. Restored 1982; a display case contains artist's correspondence. Size: 4' x 14'
  • Post Office Mural - Sturgis SD
    "New Deal mural entitled "The Fate of a Mail Carrier--Charlie Nolin--1876" painted in 1939 by JK Ralston. It was moved to the new, current post office in 1998."
  • Post Office Mural - Sullivan MO
    The post office contains a 1942 Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural by Lawrence Adams entitled "Saturday Afternoon on Main St." This is a somewhat crowded mural showing people on Main Street in downtown Sullivan at the time the work was produced.  The postal worker related that the work was largely done by students at the University of Missouri at Rolla, but this hasn’t been confirmed.
  • Post Office Mural - Sulphur OK
    The mural "Romance of the Mail" was completed with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds in 1941, when it was installed in in Sulphur, Oklahoma's historic post office building. The mural was restored in 2006.
  • Post Office Mural - Summerville GA
    Doris Lee completed this oil-on-canvas mural, entitled "Georgia Countryside," in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the Summerville post office lobby.   "Shortly after winning the Logan Prize for her painting Thanksgiving at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1935, Doris Lee (1905-1983) received her first major commission to execute two murals on rural mail delivery for the Washington DC Post Office. This post office was the grandest mural project of the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts which held national competitions to commission artists based on skill, not need, to complete art...
  • Post Office Mural - Susanville CA
    "Deer," an egg tempera mural, was painted by Helen K. Forbes for the Susanville, California post office in 1939. The project was funded by the federal Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts.
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