- City:
- Portland, ME
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP)
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1940
- Artist:
- Ralph Frizzell
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Two murals, “Fishing” and “Farming” painted in 1940 for the Nathan Clifford Elementary School and moved in 2012 to the new Ocean Avenue Elementary School that replaced it.
Source notes
Keyes, Bob. "Two Historic Maine Murals to get Prime Spots in New School." Portland Press Herald. January 11, 2012: (https://www.pressherald.com/2012/01/11/two-historic-murals-to-get-prime-spots-in-new-school_2012-01-11/), accessed September 10, 2018.
United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Nathan Clifford School, October 29, 2013, p. 7. (https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000925.pdf), accessed September 10, 2018.
Site originally submitted by Ken Liss on September 11, 2018.
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