- City:
- Vandalia, MO
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Artist:
- Louis A. Simon
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.
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/ Save the Post Office: https://www.savethepostoffice.com/node/9867 Park and Markowitz. Democratic Vistas, Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal , 1984.Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on August 15, 2013.
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