"Tobacco Picking in the Late Colonial Era"
"Tobacco Picking in the Late Colonial Era"
"Tobacco Picking in the Late Colonial Era"
Description
“Auriel Bessemer’s seven New Deal-era murals, Agricultural and Industrial Scenes – Sketches of Virginia, have been reinstalled in their original home at the historic Joseph L. Fisher Post Office in Clarendon. This post office has served as the murals’ permanent home since the paintings were completed in 1940. The murals were commissioned by the Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Art in order to beautify Arlington’s first federal building. Local artist, Auriel Bessemer, was paid $800 to paint images emblematic of national ideals and local history. By showing familiar, local destinations, such as Great Falls and Roosevelt Island, Bessemer contributed to a sense of local pride. During the recent renovation of this post office, the murals were conserved and the United States Postal Service loaned the murals to Arlington County for an 18-month exhibition at Arlington’s Central Library.
Now that the post office is renovated and open for business (as of March 26, 2007), the murals have been returned to their permanent home.” (http://www.wpamurals.com)
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"Robert E. Lee Accepting Command of the Armies in Virginia"
"Robert E. Lee Accepting Command of the Armies in Virginia"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "Robert E. Lee Accepting Command of the Armies in Virginia"
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"An Old-Fashioned Picnic at Great Falls"
"An Old-Fashioned Picnic at Great Falls"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "An Old-Fashioned Picnic at Great Falls"
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"Arlington Polo Players at Fort Myer"
"Arlington Polo Players at Fort Myer"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "Arlington Polo Players at Fort Myer"
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"Apple Harvest"
"Apple Harvest"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "Apple Harvest"
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"Early Indian Life on Analostan Island"
"Early Indian Life on Analostan Island"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "Early Indian Life on Analostan Island"
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"Captain John Smith Meets the Massawomeck Indians"
"Captain John Smith Meets the Massawomeck Indians"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "Captain John Smith Meets the Massawomeck Indians"
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"Tobacco Picking in the Late Colonial Era"
"Tobacco Picking in the Late Colonial Era"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "Tobacco Picking in the Late Colonial Era"
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"Robert E. Lee Accepting Command of the Armies in Virginia"
"Robert E. Lee Accepting Command of the Armies in Virginia"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "Robert E. Lee Accepting Command of the Armies in Virginia"
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"An Old-Fashioned Picnic at Great Falls"
"An Old-Fashioned Picnic at Great Falls"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "An Old-Fashioned Picnic at Great Falls"
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"Arlington Polo Players at Fort Myer"
"Arlington Polo Players at Fort Myer"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "Arlington Polo Players at Fort Myer"
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"Apple Harvest"
"Apple Harvest"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "Apple Harvest"
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"Early Indian Life on Analostan Island"
"Early Indian Life on Analostan Island"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "Early Indian Life on Analostan Island"
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"Captain John Smith Meets the Massawomeck Indians"
"Captain John Smith Meets the Massawomeck Indians"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "Captain John Smith Meets the Massawomeck Indians"
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: http://www.newdealartregistry.org/
http://www.wpamurals.com/virginia.htm
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contributions of additional information on any New Deal project site.
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