"Big City News"
New Deal Agencies: Treasury Department (TD), Treasury Section of Fine Arts
Completed: 1939
Artists: Jose Aceves
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Description
A Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts-sponsored mural titled “Big City News” was by Jose Aceves and installed in the lobby of the old Borger, Texas post office in 1939. The mural, which measures 4′ x 9′, is now housed in the nearby Hutchinson County Museum.
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Borger, TX: Old Post Office Mural, Completed
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Borger, TX: Old Post Office Mural 'Cartoon' by Jose Aceves
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Borger, TX: Old Post Office Mural Sketch
Source notes
http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasArt/Borger-Texas-Post-Office-Mural-Big-City-News.htm http://www.wpamurals.com/BorgerTX.htm National Archives Record Group 121-GA: Records of the Public Building Service Prints – Photographs of Paintings and Sculptures Commissioned by the Sect. of Fine Arts, 1934-1943 Box 1: Jose Aceves, Borger, TX folder.
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