Post Office (former) Mural - Idabel OK

City:: Idabel, OK
Site Type:: Art Works, Murals
New Deal Agencies:: Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
Completed:: 1940
Artist:: H. Louis Freund

Description

The oil-on-canvas mural “The Last Home of the Choctaw Nation” was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The work was completed by H. Louis Freund and installed in the lobby of the old Idabel post office in 1940. “It is today located in the Museum of the Red River on the south loop of Idabel.”

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/3399585113/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 24, 2015.

Location Info

Museum of the Red River
Idabel, OK 74745

Coordinates: 33.880349, -94.819984

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2 comments on “Post Office (former) Mural – Idabel OK”

Bob Peterson January 15, 2019

The mural is at the Museum of the Red River but is not on display.

I have viewed the mural within the past year.

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Elizabeth Owens December 2, 2019

I work for the Postal Service and we are trying to find a picture of the old mural that was in the Post Office. Is there anybody that can send it to me?

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2 comments on “Post Office (former) Mural – Idabel OK”

Bob Peterson January 15, 2019

The mural is at the Museum of the Red River but is not on display.

I have viewed the mural within the past year.

Elizabeth Owens December 2, 2019

I work for the Postal Service and we are trying to find a picture of the old mural that was in the Post Office. Is there anybody that can send it to me?