- City:
- Leon, IA
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Artist:
- A. Criss Glasell
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
New Deal mural entitled “Rural Free Delivery” painted by A. Criss Glasell in 1938.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/3932170343/in/photostream/
Site originally submitted by The Living New Deal on August 26, 2012.
Additional contributions by Tom Parker.
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This mural by Criss Glasell is titled: Rural Free Delivery.
The mural was painted off-site by Glasell on canvas. On March 28th, 1938, she installed the mural in the Leon, Post Office.
The above information was provide to me by the Leon, Iowa Postmaster. I have viewed all 13 egg tempera New Deal murals in Iowa. I am an artist that paints in egg tempera.