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Post Office Mural – Emmetsburg IA

Emmetsburg, IA Post Office Mural

Mural completed by the artist; not yet 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: Lee Allen, Emmetsburg, IA folder. Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish, July 2014.

Emmetsburg, IA Post Office Mural

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Emmetsburg, IA Post Office Mural

Emmetsburg, IA Post Office Mural

Project type: Art, Murals
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Description

Painted in 1940 by artist Lee Allen, the mural on the U.S. Post Office in Emmetsburg, Iowa is called “Conservation of Wild Life,” and was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

Source notes

http://adriftonthelake.blogspot.com/2011/12/world-war-ii-mural-on-us-post-office.html
http://www.wpamurals.com/iowa.htm

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Location Info

2210 10th St.
Emmetsburg, IA 50536

Coordinates: 43.1110287, -94.6789938

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