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  • Post-Flood Rehabilitation - Havre MT
    Montana's Big Timber Pioneer newspaper reported in 1938 that the WPA "began work of rehabilitating Havre" on June 24. WPA laborers "will clean streets, rebuild walks and bridges and remove debris," and would eventually "aid in repairing and replacing several bridges on ounty roads, swept away or damaged by the flood."
  • Silver Bow County Road Improvements - Butte MT
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) did extensive road improvement around Silver Bow County Montana in 1938 (and probably into 1939). WPA employment was vital to the many jobless miners in Butte area. Montana's Big Timber Pioneer newspaper reported in May 1938:"WPA authorities approved a $428,640 improvement project for Silver Bow county roads, streets and bridges... The project will improve 152 miles of county highways." In September, the same newspaper reported that the WPA had allocated $1,102,751 for such projects during August 1938. An estimated 500 WPA laborers were employed on this project.
  • Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): Louis Pasteur Building - Cranston RI
    This is one of the largest buildings on the hospital campus. It stands three and four stories tall, gable-roofed, with a substantial clock tower. Like most of the area's buildings, it is in the Colonial Revival style. The architect was Edward O. Ekman, of Providence.
  • Macon City Hall - Macon MS
    The small, one-story, red-brick Colonial Revival building was constructed as Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (later renamed the PWA) Project Miss. 1366-F. It is part of the Macon Historic District. Mississippi architects P. J. Krouse and L. L. Brasfield, from Meridian designed the building. It was constructed by Mississippi builder/contractor John L. McLemore of Meridian.  
  • Peace and Harvest Sculptures - Peoria IL
    Peace and Harvest, 1938-1939 Artist: Mary Andersen Clark Each statue is approximately 8 ft. tall (male figure “Peace”, female figure “Harvest”) These statues were designed by Ms. Clark as part of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project of Illinois. These statues have been moved several times, and originally did not have the bases they are placed on. Their original location was on the grounds of the Peoria Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium, which closed in 1975.
  • Hunt Hall Mural - Fort Payne AL
    This oil-on-canvas mural "Harvest at Fort Payne" was painted by Harwood Steiger in 1938. The mural was originally in the post office, then moved to the DeKalb County Courthouse in 1980 after a new post office was built. In 2001, it was moved to Hunt Hall which is part of the Hosiery Museum. “Steiger, of New York, admitted he had never been as far south as Fort Payne when he received the invitation to produce a mural there. Steiger did make a trip to Fort Payne within a month and found the postmaster most helpful as he prepared his sketches. The...
  • Post Office Mural - Bay St. Louis MS
    This oil-on-canvas mural entitled “Life on the Coast” was painted in 1938 by Louis Raynaud. The mural was moved to the current Post Office in 1987. The images depict the lifestyle of coastal Mississippians. The original design showed the mother in a bathing costume playing in the water next to her child. However, in the final work she stands on the shore in a more conservative dress.  
  • Post Office Mural - Atmore AL
    This Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “The Letter Box” was painted in 1938 by Anne Goldthwaite. Goldthwaite, a Montgomery artist, used the suggested Section theme of postal history for both of her Alabama murals, this one and her panel in Tuskegee. In this panel she shows a group of rural children eagerly gathering to await the daily mail delivery. (Alabama Moments)
  • Post Office Mural - Van Buren AR
    The lobby of the historic post office building in Van Buren, Arkansas, possesses a 12' x 5' section oil-on-canvas mural entitled “The Chosen Site.” This mural was painted by E. Martin Hennings in 1940. From the University of Central Arkansas: “E. Martin Hennings was commissioned for $590 to create a mural for Van Buren, Arkansas as a result of an Honorable Mention in a Section of Fine Arts competition. Hennings used his wife and daughter as models for the women in the mural. He later reported that he had used a Mexican as a model for the father and had Americanized...
  • Post Office (former) Mural - Magnolia AR
    The 4'6" x 12' oil-on-canvas mural entitled “Threshing” was painted in 1938 by Joe Jones for what was then Magnolia's new post office. The mural is still housed in the building, which had been converted into Magnolia's Public Library before becoming privately owned. “Joe Jones was commissioned for $560 to create a mural for Magnolia, Arkansas as a result of an Honorable Mention in an earlier Section of Fine Arts Competition. The composition is a mid-western scene of wheat threshing, The Section rejected Jones initial image of Negroes enjoying watermelon under a tree, basically stating that they wanted him to compose...
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