- City:
- Ontario, CA
- Site Type:
- Murals, Art Works
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Completed:
- 1940
- Artist:
- Nellie G. Best
Description
The Ontario post office contains a pair of complementary oil on canvas murals painted by Nellie G. Best in 1940 with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. In counterpart to “The Dream,” “The Reality” depicts several men with shovels and other tools in an undeveloped California landscape.
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/
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Jill Ryan
Your photos are all of the same mural, “The Reality”. “The Dream” mural is there but is a different work of art than you show here.