Post Office Mural – Williamston NC

City:
Williamston, NC

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)

Artist:
Philip von Saltza

Description

“First Flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk”
Medium: oil on canvas, 1940

Phillip Von Saltza, painter

Von Saltza’s painting was selected from a pool of 1,475 entrants. The painting, in the post office in this eastern North Carolina town, commemorates the Wright brothers’ first experiment with flight, which happened just around 100 miles away in Kitty Hawk.

Source notes

https://www.go-trippin.com/business/post-office-mural-wright-brothers-flight Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/

Location Info


121 East Main Street
Williamston, NC 27892
Martin County

Location notes: West wall of lobby

Coordinates: 35.855190, -77.05409

At this Location:

Site Details

created on last modified on 2012-02-26 16:36:03 -0800

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