
Ripley, MS: Post Office Reliefs 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, George Aarons: Ripley, MS folder.
Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish, July 2014. Ripley, MS: Post Office Reliefs Installed
Public Domain 1939Ripley, MS: Post Office Reliefs Installed
Ripley, MS: Post Office Reliefs Installed
Description
George Aarons’ three cast stone reliefs, “Development of the Postal Service,” were installed in 1939 in the then-new Ripley, Mississippi post office. They were moved to the new post office in 1999 and installed on the back work room floor. “Access is happily granted by the employees” (newdealartreistry.org).
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Ripley, MS Post Office Reliefs Completed
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, George Aarons: Ripley, MS folder.
Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish, July 2014.
Ripley, MS Post Office Reliefs Completed
Public Domain 1939
Ripley, MS Post Office Reliefs Completed
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Ripley, MS Post Office Reliefs: 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, George Aarons: Ripley, MS folder.
Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish, July 2014.
Ripley, MS Post Office Reliefs: Sketch
Public Domain
Ripley, MS Post Office Reliefs: Sketch
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Ripley, MS Post Office Relief: Early 'Cartoon' by the Artist
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, George Aarons: Ripley, MS folder.
Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish, July 2014.
Ripley, MS Post Office Relief: Early 'Cartoon' by the Artist
Public Domain 1938
Ripley, MS Post Office Relief: Early 'Cartoon' by the Artist
Source notes
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory. Retrieved from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?view=architectural
"Development of the Postal Service." Retrieved from www.newdealartregistry.org
Project originally submitted by Susan Allen on March 8, 2014.
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