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Located at Post Office - Mercer PA (2 Projects)

Post Office Mural – Mercer PA

"Clearing the Land"

"Clearing the Land"

"Clearing the Land"

Photo: Seth Gaines Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved.

"Clearing the Land"

"Clearing the Land"

Project type: Art, Murals
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Description

The 1940 mural “Clearing the Land,” by Lorin Thompson, was a winner of the Treasury Section’s 48-State Post Office Competition. The work was installed in the Mercer, Pennsylvania post office and is still visible today.

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Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: http://www.newdealartregistry.org/

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Location Info

109 E. Venago Street
Mercer, PA 16137

Location notes: Lobby

Coordinates: 41.228521, -80.238362

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