• Post Office - Mobridge SD
    The historic post office in Mobridge, South Dakota was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.
  • Post Office Mural - Mobridge SD
    The oil-on-canvas mural entitled "Return from the Fields" was painted by Elof Wedin in 1938. Wedin also completed a post office mural in Litchfield, Minnesota. "If a picture is worth a thousand words, the six-foot by 12-foot oil on canvas mural on the north wall of the lobby of the Mobridge Post Office, “Return From The Fields” by Elof Wedin, speaks volumes. Dakota bluffs comprise the backdrop, and the muted images transport us back in time to a gentler era. You can hear the muffled footfalls of the big roan draft horse and the jangle of the harness as he is...
  • Storm Sewers - Mobridge SD
    A storm sewer construction project in Mobridge, South Dakota was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $14,000 loan and $5,267 grant for the project, whose total cost was $19,254. Work occurred between August and October 1935. (PWA Docket No. SD 6549)