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Post Office (former) Murals – Waterloo IA

Exposition

Exposition

Photo: Seth Gaines Source

Exposition

Exposition

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

Two New Deal murals by Edgar Britton adorn the walls of the Waterloo Public Library (the former post office and federal building). The murals entitled “Exposition” (located on the wall over the Youth Office) and “Holiday” (located in the Fiction Department) were painted in 1940.

Source notes

Iowa Back Roads website

WPA Murals, Iowa

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

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Location Info

415 Commercial St.
Waterloo, IA 50701

Coordinates: 42.496407, -92.341078

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