- City:
- Renton, WA
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Completed:
- 1938
- Artist:
- Jacob Elshin
Description
This 1938 Section of Fine Arts mural”Miners at Work” by Jacob Elshin was originally installed in the Renton post office.
Elshin “actually visited underground mines and sketched miners at work for his mural in Renton, Washington, that depicted this historic aspect of the city.” (tfaoi.com)
Source notes
https://www.newdealartregistry.org/map/MinersAtWork/RentonHighlandBranchLibrary/Renton/WA/
https://depts.washington.edu/depress/map_post_offices.shtml
https://www.wpamurals.org/rentonWA.htm
https://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa145.htm, accessed November 25, 2014.
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Jimmy Emerson
This building is no longer the library. It is now the Sunset Neighborhood Center but the mural is still located there in a conference room.