Post Office Mural - Charleston MO The post office contains a mural entitled "Harvest" by Joe Jones. It was created in 1939 with the support of the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
The mural “Harvest by Joe Jones was done at the height of the artists fame and is a classic subject for Mr. Jones. It shows the harvest of wheat in a very labor intensive manner showing the cutting of the wheat, gathering it, and stacking it on a wagon. Wheat dominates the field, though the farmers provide a great deal of motion. It is all done under a dark cloudy sky.
Joe Jones was largely self-taught...