Ripley, MS: Post Office Reliefs Installed
Project type: Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
Started: 1938
Completed: 1939
Artists: George Aarons
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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
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Ripley, MS Post Office Reliefs: Sketch
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Ripley, MS Post Office Relief: Early 'Cartoon' by the Artist
Source notes
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory. Retrieved from http://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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