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Located at Post Office - Tonawanda NY (2 Projects)

Post Office Fresco (destroyed) – Tonawanda NY

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

The historic post office building in Tonawanda, New York housed an example of New Deal artwork: a Symeon Shimin fresco, title unknown, showing ‘contemporary Tonawanda.’ The Section of Fine Arts-commissioned work has since been destroyed.

Source notes

https://www.wpamurals.com/newyork.htm

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 25, 2015.

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Location Info

96 Seymour St.
Tonawanda, NY 14150

Coordinates: 43.016951, -78.879766

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