- City:
- Wewoka, OK
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Completed:
- 1941
- Artist:
- Marjorie Clarke
Description
The historic post office in Wewoka, Oklahoma houses New Deal artwork. The oil-on-canvas mural, entitled “Historical Background of Wewoka,” was completed by Marjorie Clarke and installed in the post office lobby in 1941, where it is still viewable today. The mural shows a group of horsemen with wagons on the prairie.
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 121-BS: Records of the Public Buildings Service:
Completion views of federal buildings (prints) alphabetically by state and thereunder by city, to 1966; Box 73.
Waymarking: Historical Background of Wewoka - Wewoka, OK
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 24, 2015.
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