Davis Elementary School Murals – Camden NJ

City:
Camden, NJ

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Artists:
Esther Heppler Inglesby, Russell J. England

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

Two large murals for the Davis School in East Camden, New Jersey were painted by WPA Art Project artists Esther Heppler Inglesby and Russell J. England. The murals portrayed a half-century of progress in the City of Camden. Their names, titles, and current status are unknown to Living New Deal.

Source notes

"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; April 1936 issue, page 7. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 3, 2015.

Location Info


3425 Camden St.
Camden, NJ 08105
Camden County

Coordinates: 39.952726, -75.076497

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