Vandalia, MO Post Office
New Deal Agencies: Treasury Department (TD)
Artists: Louis A. Simon
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Description
This New Deal Post Office in Vandalia was constructed with the help of New Deal funds circa 1936-37. The entry to the post office has three bas reliefs depicting the different forms of transportation used to deliver the mail including train, ship, and plane.
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Vandalia, MO Post Office Detail
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Vandalia, MO Post Office Detail
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Vandalia, MO Post Office Detail
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Vandalia, MO Post Office Cornerstone
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: http://www.newdealartregistry.org/ Save the Post Office: http://www.savethepostoffice.com/node/9867 Park and Markowitz. Democratic Vistas, Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal , 1984.
Project originally submitted by Charles Swaney on August 15, 2013.
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