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East Texas Oil Museum Murals – Kilgore TX

"Drilling for Oil"

"Drilling for Oil"

"Drilling for Oil"

Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved.

"Drilling for Oil"

"Drilling for Oil"

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
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Description

The museum contains four murals by Xavier Gonzalez: “Pioneer Saga,” “Music of the Plains,” “Contemporary Youth” and “Drilling for Oil.” They were painted with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds in 1941 and moved from the post office to the East Texas Oil Museum in 1999.

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Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: http://www.newdealartregistry.org/

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Location Info

Hwy 259 at Ross Street
Kilgore, TX 75662

Location notes: Main lobby

Coordinates: 32.37728, -94.86904

One comment on “East Texas Oil Museum Murals – Kilgore TX”

  1. Eveline Evans March 6, 2019

    They are being moved back to the post office:

    https://savethepostoffice.com/new-deal-murals-returning-to-old-post-office-in-kilgore-tx/

    Reply

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