"Big City News"
Used with permission of the United States Postal Service "Big City News"
Photo: Barclay Gibson © All rights reserved "Big City News"
"Big City News"
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
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.
Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish, July 2014.
Borger, TX: Old Post Office Mural, Completed
Public Domain Borger, TX: Old Post Office Mural, Completed
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Borger, TX: Old Post Office Mural 'Cartoon' by Jose Aceves
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.
Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish, July 2014.
Borger, TX: Old Post Office Mural 'Cartoon' by Jose Aceves
Public Domain Borger, TX: Old Post Office Mural 'Cartoon' by Jose Aceves
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Borger, TX: Old Post Office Mural Sketch
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.
Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish, July 2014.
Borger, TX: Old Post Office Mural Sketch
Public Domain 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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