"Boonville Beginnings"
"Boonville Beginnings"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "Boonville Beginnings"
"Boonville Beginnings"
Description
The Section of Fine Arts-funded mural “Boonville Beginnings” was painted by Ida Ableman and installed in the lobby of the Boonville, Indiana post office in 1941. The size of the mural is 12’7″ x 5’6″ and the medium is casein tempera on canvas.
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"Boonville Beginnings"
"Boonville Beginnings"
Photo: Jimmy Emerson DVM Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved. "Boonville Beginnings"
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Boonville IN: Post Office Mural Newly Installed
National Archives Record Group 121-GA: Records of the Public Building Service
Prints – Photographs of Paintings and Sculptures Commissioned by the Sect. of Fine Arts, 1934-1943
Box 1: Ida Abelman, Boonville, IN folder.
Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish, July 2014.
Boonville IN: Post Office Mural Newly Installed
Public Domain 1941Boonville IN: Post Office Mural Newly Installed
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Boonville, IN: Post Office Mural 'Cartoon' by Ida Abelman
National Archives Record Group 121-GA: Records of the Public Building Service
Prints – Photographs of Paintings and Sculptures Commissioned by the Sect. of Fine Arts, 1934-1943
Box 1: Ida Abelman, Boonville, IN folder.
Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish, July 2014.
Boonville, IN: Post Office Mural 'Cartoon' by Ida Abelman
Public Domain Boonville, IN: Post Office Mural 'Cartoon' by Ida Abelman
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Boonville, IN: Post Office Mural Sketch
National Archives Record Group 121-GA: Records of the Public Building Service
Prints – Photographs of Paintings and Sculptures Commissioned by the Sect. of Fine Arts, 1934-1943
Box 1: Ida Abelman, Boonville, IN folder.
Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish, July 2014.
Boonville, IN: Post Office Mural Sketch
Public Domain Boonville, IN: Post Office Mural Sketch
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Boonville IN: Post Office Mural, Early Sketch
National Archives Record Group 121-GA: Records of the Public Building Service
Prints – Photographs of Paintings and Sculptures Commissioned by the Sect. of Fine Arts, 1934-1943
Box 1: Ida Abelman, Boonville, IN folder.
Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish, July 2014.
Boonville IN: Post Office Mural, Early Sketch
Public Domain Boonville IN: Post Office Mural, Early Sketch
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: http://www.newdealartregistry.org/
A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals by John C. Carlisle
Information contributed by Indiana Division of Historic Preservation/Nicole Cory
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 2, 2014.
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