Post Office Mural – Tunkhannock PA

City:
Tunkhannock, PA

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA), Arts Programs

Artist:
Ethel V. Ashton

Description

The oil-on-canvas mural “Defenders of the Wyoming Country—1778” was painted as a federal Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts project by Ethel V. Ashton. The work was installed in the lobby of the then-new Tunkhannock post office in 1941.

Source notes

https://www.wpamurals.org/pennsylv.htm

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 14, 2018.

Location Info


109 Bridge St.
Tunkhannock, PA 18657

Coordinates: 41.539306, -75.946641

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