List of United States post office murals
This is a list of United States post office murals, produced in the United States from 1934 to 1943 through commissions from the Procurement Division of the United States Department of the Treasury. The principal objective of the United States post office murals was to secure artwork that met high artistic standards[1] for public buildings, where it was accessible to all people.[2] The murals were intended to boost the morale of the American people suffering from the effects of the Depression by depicting uplifting subjects the people knew and loved.[3] Murals produced through the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture (1934–1943) were funded as a part of the cost of the construction of new post offices, with 1% of the cost set aside for artistic enhancements.[4] Murals were commissioned through competitions open to all artists in the United States.[5] Almost 850 artists were commissioned to paint 1,371 murals, most of which were installed in post offices;[4] 162 of the artists were women and three were African American.[4] The Treasury Relief Art Project (1935–1938), which provided artistic decoration for existing Federal buildings, produced a smaller number of post office murals.[1] TRAP was established with funds from the Works Progress Administration. The Section supervised the creative output of TRAP, and selected a master artist for each project. Assistants were then chosen by the artist from the rolls of the WPA Federal Art Project.[6]: 62–63
Artists were asked to paint in an "American scene" style, depicting ordinary citizens in a realistic manner. Abstract and modern art styles were discouraged. Artists were also encouraged to produce works that would be appropriate to the communities where they were to be located and to avoid controversial subjects.[5] Projects were closely scrutinized by the Section for style and content, and artists were paid only after each stage in the creative process was approved.[6]
The Section and the Treasury Relief Art Project were overseen by Edward Bruce, who had directed the Public Works of Art Project (1933–1934). They were commission-driven public work programs that employed artists to beautify American government buildings, strictly on the basis of quality.[2][6]: 58–59 This contrasts with the work-relief mission of the Federal Art Project (1935–1943) of the Works Progress Administration, the largest of the New Deal art projects. So great was its scope and cultural impact that the term "WPA" is often mistakenly used to describe all New Deal art, including the U.S. post office murals.[2][6]: 63–64 "New Deal artwork" is a more accurate term to describe the works of art created under the federal art programs of that period.[7]
The murals are the subject of efforts by the United States Postal Service to preserve and protect them. This is particularly important and problematical as some of them have disappeared or deteriorated. Some are ensconced in buildings that are worth far less than the artwork.[8]
Alabama
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed |
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Atmore | The Letter Box | Anne Goldthwaite | 1938 | |||
Brewton | Logging | John Von Wicht | 1939 | oil on canvas Missing | ||
Enterprise | Saturday in Enterprise | Paul Arlt | 1941 | Relocated to the Enterprise Public Library | ||
Eutaw | The Countryside | Robert Gwathmey | 1941 | |||
Fairfield | Spirit of Steel | Frank Hartley Anderson | 1938 | [11] | ||
Fort Payne | Harvest at Fort Payne | Harwood Steiger | 1938 | Relocated in 2001 to Hunt Hall, part of the Hosiery Museum | ||
Hartselle | Cotton Scene | Ferol Sibley Warthen | 1941 | Relocated to the Hartselle Chamber of Commerce office in the historic train depot | ||
Haleyville | Reforestation | Hollis Holbrook | 1940 | tempera on gesso Missing | ||
Luverne | Cotton Field | Arthur Getz | 1942 | |||
Bay Minette | Removal of the County Seat from Daphne to Bay Minette | Hilton Leech | 1939 | |||
U.S. Post Office (Montevallo), Montevallo | Early Settlers Weighing Cotton | William S. McCall | 1938 | Included in University of Montevallo Historic District | 1990 CP | |
Monroeville | Harvesting | Arthur Leroy Bairnsfather | 1939 | |||
Oneonta | Local Agriculture-A.A.A. 1939 | Aldis B. Browne | 1939 | |||
Ozark | Early Industry of Dale County | John Kelly Fitzpatrick | 1938 | [12] | ||
Phenix City | Cotton | John Kelly Fitzpatrick | 1939 | missing | ||
Russellville | Shipment of the First Iron Produced in Russellville | Conrad A. Albrizio | 1938 | |||
Tuskegee | The Road to Tuskegee | Anne Goldthwaite | 1937 | |||
Tuscumbia | Chief Tuscumbia Greets the Dickson Family | Jack McMillen | 1939 |
Alaska
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed |
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Anchorage Post Office and Court House | Alaskan Landscape | Arthur T. Kerrick | 1946 | Courtroom wall behind the judge's bench Commissioned in 1941, installed in the 1950s[14][15][16] | 1978 78000516 | |
Wrangell | Old Town in Alaska | Austin Mecklem and Marianne Appel | 1943 |
Arizona
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed |
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United States Post Office, Phoenix, Arizona | Communication During the Period of Exploration | Oscar Berninghaus | 1939 | 83002993[19] | ||
United States Post Office, Phoenix, Arizona | Spanish Explorers and American Indians | Oscar Berninghaus | 1939 | 83002993 | ||
United States Post Office, Phoenix, Arizona | Progress of the Pioneer, Crossing the Desert | LaVerne Nelson Black | 1937 | 83002993 | ||
United States Post Office, Phoenix, Arizona | Progress of the Pioneer, the Arrival of the U.S. Mail Coach | LaVerne Nelson Black | 1937 | 83002993 | ||
Safford | History of the Gila Valley | Seymour Fogel | 1942 | 6 murals |
Arkansas
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Benton | The Bauxite Mines | Julius Woeltz | 1942 | currently located in the Saline County Courthouse in Benton, Arkansas | ||
Clarendon | They Cleared the Land and Planted Cotton | Abraham Tobias | 1942 | never installed, current location unknown | ||
Clarksville | How Happy was the Occasion | Mary M. Purser | 1941 | |||
Dardanelle Agriculture and Post Office, in Dardanelle | Cotton Growing, Manufacture, and Export | Ludwig Mactarian | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
DeQueen | Wildlife Conservation in Arkansas | Henry Simon | 1942 | |||
DeWitt Post Office, in De Witt | Portrait of Contemporary De Witt | William Thaher | 1941 | |||
Lake Village Post Office, Lake Village | Lake Country Wild Life | Avery F. Johnson | 1941 | 1998 | ||
Magnolia | Threshing | Joe Jones | 1938 | |||
Morrilton Post Office, in Morrilton | Men at Rest | Richard Sargent | 1939 | on display at the Conway County Courthouse | 1998 | |
Nashville Post Office, Nashville | Peach Growing | John Tazewell Robertson | 1939 | 1998 | ||
Osceola | Early Settlers of Osceola, Arkansas | Orville A. Carroll | 1939 | destroyed by fire in 1966 | ||
Paris Post Office, in Paris | Rural Arkansas | Joseph Vorst | 1940 | Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | 1998 | |
Piggott Post Office, in Piggott | Air Mail | Daniel Rhodes | 1941 | Mural featured on 2019 Post Office Murals stamp set | ||
Pocahontas Post Office, Pocahontas | Early Days and the First Post Office in Pocahontas | H. Louis Freund | 1939 | restored and on display at Arkansas State University | 2002 | |
Siloam Springs | Lumbering in Arkansas | Bertrand R. Adams | 1940 | |||
Springdale | Local Industries | Natalie Smith Henry | 1940 | on display at Shiloh Museum of Ozark History | ||
Van Buren Post Office, Van Buren | The Chosen Site | E. Martin Hennings | 1940 | oil on canvas | 1998 | |
Wynne Post Office, in Wynne | Cotton Pickers | Ethel Magafan | 1940 | 1998 |
California
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Address | County | Coordinates | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Alhambra | El Gringo, El Indio, El Paysan | Gordon K. Grant | 1938 | Los Angeles | painted over[23] | ||||
Berkeley – United States Post Office (Berkeley, California) | Incidents in California History | Suzanne Scheuer | 1937 | 2000 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 | Alameda | 37°52′09″N 122°16′12″W / 37.8691°N 122.2699°W | tempera and oil on canvas | 1981 | |
Beverly Hills – Beverly Hills Main Post Office | Postrider, Airmail, et al. | Charles Kassler | 1936 | 469 N. Crescent Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90210 | Los Angeles | 34°04′21″N 118°24′08″W / 34.0726°N 118.4023°W | fresco | 1985 | |
Burbank | People of Burbank | Barse Miller | 1940 | 135 E. Olive Ave., Burbank, CA 91502 | Los Angeles | 1985 | |||
Calexico | Lettuce Workers | George Samerjan | 1942 | 237 Rockwood Ave., Calexico, CA 92231 | Imperial | 32°40′03″N 115°29′47″W / 32.6676°N 115.4963°W | tempera on gesso; now privately owned[24] | ||
Canoga Park | Palomino Ponies | Maynard Dixon | 1942 | 21801 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA 91303 | Los Angeles | 34°12′04″N 118°36′11″W / 34.2010°N 118.6031°W | |||
Claremont | Pomona Valley Life, 1930 | Milford Zornes | 1937 | 140 Harvard Ave. N, Claremont, CA 91711 | Los Angeles | 34°05′44″N 117°42′59″W / 34.0954674°N 117.7163°W | |||
Claremont | California Landscape | Milford Zornes | 1937 | 140 Harvard Ave. N, Claremont, CA 91711 | Los Angeles | 34°05′44″N 117°42′59″W / 34.0954674°N 117.7163°W | oil on canvas | ||
Compton | Early California | James Redmond | 1936 | 101 S. Willowbrook Ave., Compton, CA 90220 | Los Angeles | 33°53′44″N 118°13′27″W / 33.8955°N 118.2243°W | |||
Culver City | Studio Lot | George Samerjan | 1942 | 9942 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232 | Los Angeles | 34°01′14″N 118°23′49″W / 34.0206°N 118.3970°W | tempera | ||
Eureka - United States Post Office and Courthouse | Mining and Forestry | Tom Laman | 1936 | Humboldt | tempera on canvas restored and relocated to the United States federal courthouse in McKinleyville[25] | 1983 | |||
Eureka - United States Post Office and Courthouse | Water and Land | Tom Laman | 1936 | Humboldt | tempera on canvas restored and relocated to the United States federal courthouse in McKinleyville | ||||
Fullerton | Orange Pickers | Paul Julian | 1942 | 202 E Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA 92836 | Orange | 33°52′13″N 117°55′18″W / 33.8704°N 117.9218°W | oil on canvas | ||
Hayward | Rural Landscape | Tom E. Lewis | 1938 | 822 C St., Hayward, CA 94541 | Alameda | 37°40′15″N 122°05′01″E / 37.6707°N 122.0837°E | |||
Huntington Park | History of California | Norman S. Chamberlain | 1937 | 6606 Seville Ave., Huntington Park, CA 90255 | Los Angeles | 33°58′45″N 118°13′21″W / 33.9791°N 118.2225°W | oil on canvas seven panels | ||
La Jolla | Scenic View of the Village | Belle Baranceanu | 1936 | 1140 Wall St., La Jolla, CA 92037 | San Diego | 32°50′50″N 117°16′21″W / 32.8471°N 117.2725°W | oil on canvas | ||
Lancaster | Hauling Water Pipe through Antelope Valley | Jose Moya del Pino | 1941 | 567 W. Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster, CA 93534 | Los Angeles | 34°41′54″N 118°08′21″W / 34.6982°N 118.1392°W | oil on canvas | ||
Los Angeles - U.S. Post Office – Los Angeles Terminal Annex, | Cultural Contributions of North, South and Central America | Boris Deutsch | 1944 | 900 N. Alameda St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 | Los Angeles | 34°03′30″N 118°14′13″W / 34.0584°N 118.237°W | 11 lunettes fresco[26] | 1985 | |
Los Angeles - Spring Street Courthouse | Los Angeles — Prehistoric and Spanish Colonial | Edward Biberman | 1940 | 312 N. Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 | Los Angeles | 34°03′19″N 118°14′32″W / 34.0553°N 118.2423°W | 2006 | ||
Los Angeles - Spring Street Courthouse | Creative Man | Edward Biberman | 1941 | 312 N. Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 | Los Angeles | 34°03′19″N 118°14′32″W / 34.0553°N 118.2423°W | in storage[27] | ||
Los Angeles - Spring Street Courthouse | Life on the Old Spanish and American Ranchos | Lucien Labaudt | 1938 | 312 N. Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 | Los Angeles | 34°03′19″N 118°14′32″W / 34.0553°N 118.2423°W | 2006 | ||
Los Banos | Early Spanish Caballeros | Lew E. Davis | 1940 | Merced | on display at Milliken Museum | ||||
Manteca | Rural Life | Conrad Buff | 1940 | San Joaquin | Missing or destroyed[28] | ||||
Martinez | The Road to Eldorado | Edith Hamlin Maynard Dixon | 1939 | 815 Court St., Martinez, CA 94553 | Contra Costa | 38°01′04″N 122°08′01″W / 38.0178°N 122.1337°W | oil on canvas | ||
Maywood | Industry | George Samerjan | 1939 | Los Angeles | Missing or destroyed[29] | ||||
Merced - United States Post Office (Merced, California) | Jedediah Smith Crossing the Merced River | Helen Katharine Forbes | 1937 | Merced | tempera | 1983 | |||
Merced - United States Post Office | Vacheros | Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli | 1937 | Merced | tempera | 1983 | |||
Modesto - El Viejo Post Office | Irrigation | Ray Boynton | 1936 | Stanislaus | |||||
Modesto - El Viejo Post Office | Agricultural Products of the Valley | Ray Boynton | 1936 | Stanislaus | |||||
Modesto - El Viejo Post Office | Harvesting of Grapes | Ray Boynton | 1936 | Stanislaus | |||||
Modesto - El Viejo Post Office | Packing Cheese | Ray Boynton | 1936 | Stanislaus | |||||
Modesto - El Viejo Post Office | Grain Harvesting | Ray Boynton | 1936 | Stanislaus | |||||
Modesto - El Viejo Post Office | Meatpacking | Ray Boynton | 1936 | Stanislaus | |||||
Modesto - El Viejo Post Office | Sorting Grapes | Ray Boynton | 1936 | Stanislaus | |||||
Modesto - El Viejo Post Office | Tractor and Plow | Ray Boynton | 1936 | Stanislaus | |||||
Monrovia | Grizzly Bear and Cubs | Helen Katharine Forbes | 1940 | Los Angeles | restored and on display at Monrovia Public Library | ||||
Montebello | Fiesta Procession in Old California | Clay Spohn | 1938 | Los Angeles | tempera, destroyed | ||||
Monterey | Monterey Bay | Henrietta Shore | 1937 | Monterey | |||||
Oceanside | Air Mail | Elise Seeds | 1937 | 517 Seagaze Dr. Oceanside, CA 92054 | San Diego | oil on canvas | |||
Ontario | The Dream | Nellie G. Best | 1942 | 123 W. Holt Blvd. Ontario, CA 91761[30] | San Bernardino | oil on canvas | |||
Ontario | The Reality | Nellie G. Best | 1942 | 123 W. Holt Blvd. Ontario, CA 91761 | San Bernardino | oil on canvas | |||
Oxnard | Oxnard Panorama | Daniel M. Mendelowitz | 1941 | 350 S. A St., Oxnard, CA 93030 | Ventura | 34°11′57″N 119°10′43″W / 34.1993°N 119.1785°W | |||
Pacific Grove | Lovers Point | Victor Arnautoff | 1940 | Monterey | oil on canvas | ||||
Placerville | Forest Genetics | Tom E. Lewis | 1941 | El Dorado | |||||
Redondo Beach | Excursion Train and Picknickers in the Nineties | Paul Sample | 1937 | Los Angeles | oil on canvas | ||||
Redondo Beach | Fishing from Redondo Rock | Paul Sample | 1937 | Los Angeles | oil on canvas | ||||
Redondo Beach | Sheep Farming and Ocean near Redondo | Paul Sample | 1937 | Los Angeles | oil on canvas | ||||
Redwood City | Flower Farming and Vegetable Raising | Jose Moya del Pino | 1937 | 855 Jefferson Ave., Redwood City, CA 94063 | San Mateo | 37°29′08″N 122°13′41″W / 37.4855°N 122.2280°W | oil on canvas | ||
Reedley | Grape Pickers | Boris Deutsch | 1941 | 1509 11th St., Reedley, CA 93654 | Fresno | 36°35′51″N 119°26′57″W / 36.5976°N 119.4491°W | oil on canvas | ||
Richmond | Richmond – Industrial City | Victor Arnautoff | 1941 | Contra Costa | oil on canvas Missing 1976–2014 Restored in 2020 and installed at the Richmond Museum of History and Culture[31][32][33] | ||||
Saint Helena | Grape Pickers | Lew Keller | 1942 | 1461 Main St., St Helena, CA 94574 | Napa | oil on canvas | |||
San Francisco | History of San Francisco | Anton Refregier | 1946–48 | San Francisco | Tempera on gesso | 1979 | |||
San Gabriel | San Gabriel County | Ray Strong | 1938 | Los Angeles | oil on canvas Located in the office of the postmaster | ||||
San Mateo | Life in Early California | Tom Laman | 1935 | 210 S. Ellsworth Ave., San Mateo, CA 94401 | San Mateo | egg tempera on plasterboard. Set of 3 murals. | 1988 | ||
San Pedro - United States Post Office | Mail Transportation | Fletcher Martin | 1938 | 839 S. Beacon St, San Pedro, CA 90731 | Los Angeles | 33°44′11″N 118°16′49″W / 33.7365°N 118.2804°W | oil on canvas | 1985 | |
San Rafael | San Rafael Creek – 1851 | Oscar Galgiani | 1937 | Marin | oil on paperboard | ||||
Santa Cruz | Cabbage Culture | Henrietta Shore | 1936 | Santa Cruz | Oil on canvas | 1985 | |||
Santa Cruz | Limestone Quarries | Henrietta Shore | 1936 | Santa Cruz | Oil on canvas | ||||
Santa Cruz | Artichoke Raising | Henrietta Shore | 1936 | Santa Cruz | Oil on canvas | ||||
Santa Cruz | Fishing Industry | Henrietta Shore | 1936 | Santa Cruz | Oil on canvas | ||||
Sebastopol | Agriculture | Malette Dean | 1937 | 290 S. Main St., Sebastopol, CA 95472 | Sonoma | 38°24′01″N 122°49′24″W / 38.4003°N 122.8232°W | oil on canvas | ||
Selma | Land of Irrigation | Norman S. Chamberlain | 1938 | 2058 High St., Selma, CA 93662 | Fresno | oil on canvas | |||
South Pasadena | The Stage Coach | John Law Walker | 1937 | 1001 Fremont Ave., South Pasadena, CA 91030 | Los Angeles | 34°06′52″N 118°09′11″W / 34.1145°N 118.1531°W | oil on canvas | ||
South San Francisco | South San Francisco, Past and Present | Victor Arnautoff | 1941 | 322 Linden Ave, South San Francisco, CA 94080 | San Mateo | oil on canvas | |||
Stockton | Modern Transportation of the Mails | Frank Bergman | 1936 | San Joaquin | oil on canvas | ||||
Stockton | The U.S. Mail Stage Coach | Jose Moya del Pino | 1936 | San Joaquin | oil on canvas | ||||
Susanville | Deer | Helen Katharine Forbes | 1939 | Lassen | egg tempera | ||||
Tracy | Overland Pioneers | Edith Hamlin | 1938 | San Joaquin | oil on canvas currently missing | ||||
Tracy | Spaniards | Edith Hamlin | 1938 | San Joaquin | oil on canvas | ||||
Tracy | Days of First Railroad | Edith Hamlin | 1938 | San Joaquin | oil on canvas | ||||
Turlock | Arrival of the Stage | James Albert Holden | 1938 | Stanislaus | oil on canvas | ||||
Ukiah | Resources of the Soil | Ben Cunningham | 1938 | Mendocino | egg tempera; moved to Ukiah Civic Center/Ukiah City Hall[34] | ||||
Vacaville | Fruit Season, Vacaville | Emrich Nicholson | 1939 | Solano | oil on canvas, now privately owned[35] | ||||
Venice | The Story of Venice | Edward Biberman | 1941 | Los Angeles | oil-wax emulsion on canvas; now privately owned by Joel Silver[36] | ||||
Ventura | Agriculture and Industries of Ventura | Gordon K. Grant | 1938 | 675 E. Santa Clara St., Ventura, CA 93001 | Ventura | 34°16′48″N 119°17′25″W / 34.280°N 119.2904°W | oil on canvas | ||
Whittier | Boy with Sheep | Tom Laman | 1938 | 6709 Washington Ave., Whittier, CA 90601 | Los Angeles | 33°58′50″N 118°02′06″W / 33.9806°N 118.0350°W | tempera painted over | ||
Woodland | Farm Life | George Harris | 1937 | 720 Court St., Woodland, CA 95695 | Yolo | ||||
Woodland | The Trek of Father Crespi, 1777 | Katherine S. Works | 1938 | Yolo | destroyed |
Colorado
[edit][35][37] A review of murals in Colorado's post offices found there were no frescos, but rather all had been painted on canvas.[38]
Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Colorado Springs | Two murals in the Colorado Springs post office (NRHP-listed, but NRHP document does not mention murals) were removed and installed in the Federal Building in Denver.[38]: 23–24 This is probably the building now named Byron White United States Courthouse. | |||||
Denver | The Horse Corral | Ethel Magafan | 1942 | |||
Englewood | Colorado Stock Sale | Boardman Robinson | 1940 | 2011 | ||
Florence Post Office Florence | Antelope | Olive Rush | 1939 | Tempera; mural featured on 2019 Post Office Murals stamp set | 1986 | |
Glenwood Springs, Colorado | Decorative Map | Jenne Magafan and Edward Chavez | 1937 | |||
Golden | Building the New Road | Kenneth Evett | 1941 | tempera on fiberboard | ||
Grand Junction | The Harvest | Louise Emerson Ronnebeck | 1940 | crescent shaped canvas | ||
Gunnison | The Wealth of the West | Ila Turner McAfee | 1940 | |||
Littleton | North Platte Country against the Mountains | John Hathaway Fraser | 1940 | Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition on display at Littleton City Hall | ||
Loveland | Industries around Loveland | James Russell Sherman | 1938 | |||
U.S. Post Office-Manitou Springs Main in Manitou Springs | Hunters, Red and White | Archie Musick | 1942 | 1986 | ||
Montrose | [38]: 40 | |||||
U.S. Post Office, in Rifle | Colorado Landscape | George Vander Sluis | 1942 | oil on canvas | 1986 | |
Rocky Ford | The First Crossing at Rocky Ford | Victor Higgins | 1936 | oil on canvas | 2008 | |
Walsenburg | The Spanish Peaks | oil on canvas |
Connecticut
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Bridgeport | Bridgeport Manufacturing | Arthur Covey | 1936 | 3 panels | 1986 | |
Bridgeport | Stagecoach and Modern Transportation | Robert Lynn Lambdin | 1936 | 3 panels | ||
Clinton | The Post Road in Connecticut | William Meyerowitz | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
East Hartford | The Stop of Hooker's Band in East Hartford before Crossing the River | Alton Tobey | 1940 | Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | ||
Enfield | Thompsonville, Connecticut | Saul Berman | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Fairfield | Tempura Mutantur et Nos Mutanmur in Illis or Times Change and We Change With Them | Alice Flint | 1938 | restored in 2013 and moved to Sullivan-Independence Hall[40] | ||
Greenwich | Old Days in Greenwich | Victoria Hutson Huntley | 1939 | oil on canvas | 1986 | |
Lakeville | Ethan Allen in Forge Making Cannon Balls | George R. Cox | 1942 | |||
Madison | Gathering Seaweed from the Sound | William Abbott Cheever | 1940 | |||
New Haven | Pursuit of Regicides | Karl Anderson | 1939 | |||
New London | Early Morning Cutting-In Aloft | Tom La Farge | 1938 | 6 panels | 1986 | |
Norwalk | Past Products of South Norwalk | Kindred McLeary | 1941 | tempera | 1986 | |
Norwalk | Present Products of South Norwalk | Kindred McLeary | 1941 | tempera | ||
Norwalk | Indians Instructing Pioneers in Forest Lore | Kindred McLeary | 1941 | tempera | ||
Norwalk | Old Well | Kindred McLeary | 1941 | destroyed in 1963 renovation | ||
Norwalk | Bays and Oyster Fishing | Kindred McLeary | 1941 | destroyed in 1963 renovation | ||
Norwalk | Building Norwalk | Arnold Branch | 1938 | |||
Norwich | Taking Up Arms – 1776 | George Kanelous | 1940 | 1986 | ||
Portland | Shade Grown Tobacco | Austin Mecklem | 1942 | |||
Shelton | River Landscape | Frede Vidar | 1940 | |||
Southington | Romance of Southington | Ann Hunt Spencer | 1942 | |||
Thomaston | Early Clockmaking | Suzanne McCullough Lucerne McCullough | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Torrington | Episodes in the Life of John Brown | Arthur Covey | 1937 | |||
West Haven | Fording of the West River to Settle West Haven | Elizabeth Shannon Phillips | 1938 | |||
Winsted | Lincoln's Arbiter Settles the Winsted Post Office Controversy | Amy Jones | 1938 | oil on canvas |
Delaware
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed |
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Dover | Harvest, Spring and Summer | William D. White | 1937 | Presently in Wesley Methodist Church, Lockermann Station Educational Building. Funded by TRAP, this mural includes several panels | ||
Harrington | Men Hoeing | Eve Salisbury | 1941 | wax tempera | ||
New Castle | William Penn Welcomed at New Castle | J. Scott Williams | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Rehoboth Beach | Frontier Mail | Karl Knaths | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Selbyville | Chicken Farm | William H. Calfee | 1942 | oil and tempera | ||
Wilmington | Chemistry and Industry | Herman Zimmerman | 1938 | oil on canvas |
District of Columbia
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed |
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William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | The Pony Express | Frank Mechau | In 1971, the U.S. Postal Service vacated the building which currently serves as the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency. In 2013 the building was renamed the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building. | Yes[43] | ||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | Dangers of the Mail | Frank Mechau | 1937 | The William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building (formerly Main Post Office Department building) | ||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | The Nesters | Tom Lea | 1937 | destroyed[44] | ||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | Stage Coach Attacked by Bandits | William C. Palmer | 1937 | |||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | Covered Wagon Attacked by Indians | William C. Palmer | 1937 | |||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | Sorting the Mail | Reginald Marsh | 1936 | |||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | Unloading the Mail | Reginald Marsh | 1936 | |||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | Transportation of the Mail | Alfredo Crimi | 1937 | |||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | Post Office Work Room | Alfredo Crimi | 1937 | |||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | Mail Service in the Arctic | Rockwell Kent | 1937 | |||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | Mail Service in the Tropics | Rockwell Kent | 1937 | |||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | General Store and Post Office | Doris Lee | 1938 | |||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | Country Post | Doris Lee | 1938 | |||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | Writing the family letter | Alexander Brook | 1939 | |||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | Reading the family letter | Alexander Brook | 1939 | |||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | French explorers and Indians | Karl Free | 1939 | |||
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building | Arrival of mail in New Amsterdam | Karl Free | 1939 |
Florida
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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De Funiak Springs | Scene of Town | Thomas I. Laughlin | 1942 | oil on canvas[12] | ||
Fort Pierce | Osceola Holding Informal Court with His Chiefs | Lucile Blanch | 1938 | oil on canvas on display at Fort Pierce City Hall | ||
Jasper | Harvest at Home | Pietro Lazzari | 1941 | fresco | ||
Jasper | News from Afar | Pietro Lazzari | 1941 | fresco | ||
Lake Wales | Harvest Time – Lake Wales | Denman Fink | 1942 | |||
Lake Worth | Settlers Fighting Alligator from Rowboat | Joseph D. Meyers | 1947 | |||
Madison | Long Staple Cotton | George Snow Hill | 1937 | oil on canvas[12] | ||
Miami | Law Guides Florida Progress | Denman Fink | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Miami Beach | Episodes from the History of Florida | Charles Russell Hardman | 1940 | oil on canvas Three panels: Discovery De Soto and the Indians Conference | ||
Milton | Loading Pulpwood | George Snow Hill | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
Palm Beach | Landscape | Charles Rosen | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Palm Beach | Seminole Indians | Charles Rosen | 1938 | oil on canvas | 1983 | |
Perry | Cypress Logging | George Snow Hill | 1938 | Moved in 1987 from the Old Perry Post Office to a new post office building; a photographic reproduction was to be posted in the original location[46] | ||
Sebring | Prehistoric Life in Florida | Charles R. Knight | 1942 | oil on canvas on display at the Sebring Public Library | ||
Starke | Reforestation | Elizabeth Terrell | 1942 | |||
Tallahassee | History of Florida | Eduard Buk Ulreich | 1939 | oil on canvas 8 panels | ||
West Palm Beach | The Legend of James Edward Hamilton, Mail Carrier | Stevan Dohanos | 1940 | tempera 6 panels |
Georgia
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Adel | Plantation Scene | Alice Flint | 1941 | oil on canvas[48] Relocated from the original post office to the current building[49] | 2009 | |
Augusta | The British Come to See Augusta | William Dean Fausett | 1939 | tempera on gesso in storage at Augusta Museum of Art[50] | ||
Augusta | Plantation, Transportation, Education | Abraham Harriton | 1941 | on display at the Augusta Convention and Visitor's Bureau | ||
Blakely | The Land is Bought from the Indians | David Putnam Brinley | 1938 | oil on canvas[51] | ||
Cairo | Products of Grady County | Paul L. Gill | 1938 | oil on canvas on display at Grady County Museum. The U.S. Post Office is included in the NRHP-listed Cairo Commercial Historic District | 1994 | |
Camilla | Theme of the South | Laura G. Douglas | 1942 | oil on canvas[12] | ||
College Park | Arrival of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad | Jack McMillen | 1938 | oil on canvas on display at College Park Post Office | ||
Commerce | Early Mail Service and Construction of the Railroads | Philip Guston | 1938 | tempera | ||
Conyers | The Ploughman | Elizabeth Terell | 1940 | Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | ||
Cornelia | Northern Georgia | Charles Trumbo Henry | 1939 | tempera on paperboard | ||
Cuthbert | Last Indian Troubles in Randolph County – 1836 | Carlo Ciampaglia | 1939 | |||
Decatur | Dogwood and Azalea | Paul Rohland | 1938 | Relocated to the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta[52] | ||
Eastman | Georgia Lumberman Receiving Mail by Star Route Wagon | Arthur E. Schmalz | 1938 | |||
Greensboro | The Burning of Greensboro | Carson Davenport | 1939 | |||
Greensboro | Cotton Picking in Georgia | Carson Davenport | 1939 | |||
Hartwell | A Letter | Orlin E. Clayton | 1939 | |||
Jackson | Cotton – From Field to Mill | Philip Evergood | 1949 | |||
Jesup | General Oglethorpe Concludes a Treaty of Amity and Peace with the Creek Indians – May 18, 1733 | David Hutchison | 1938 | on display at the Wayne County Library | ||
Lawrenceville | Spring in Georgia | Andree Ruellan | 1942 | on display at the Stephens Federal Building in Athens, Georgia | ||
Louisville | Plantation, Education, Transportation | Abraham Harrison | 1941 | By 1993 the mural had been removed to storage.[53] | ||
McDonough | Cotton Gin Mill | Louis Henry Jean Charlot | 1941 | |||
Pelham | Pelham Landscape | Georgina Klitgaard | 1941 | oil on canvas[12] | ||
Statesboro | Spring | Caroline Speare Rohland | 1941 | acrylic on canvas on indefinite loan to Georgia Southern University Museum | ||
Swainsboro | Experimenting with the First Model of the Cotton Gin | Edna Reindel | 1939 | on display at the Emmanuel County Courthouse | ||
Sylvania | Spring | Caroline Speare Rohland | 1941 | Removed from the Post Office in the 1980s due to a complaint from the NAACP. In 1995 it was discovered in a closet, restored and placed on permanent loan by the Federal Government to Georgia Southern University[54] | ||
Sylvester | Cantaloupe Industry | Chester J. Tingler | 1939 | |||
Vidalia | The County Store and the Post Office | Daniel Celentano | 1938 | The middle section of the mural was destroyed. It was restored as two separate murals. on display at the Vidalia City Hall |
Hawaii
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed |
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Idaho
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Blackfoot Main Post Office, in Blackfoot | The Arrival Celebration | Andrew Standing Soldier | 1939 | Five-panel mural addressing Federal governments public works and arts programs as efforts to help the community in times of economic emergency. It was painted for $2,000.[58] Artist was an Oglala-Lakota American Indian. | 1989 | |
U.S. Post Office – Buhl Main, in Buhl | Snake River Ferry | Richard Guy Walton | 1941 | 1989 | ||
Burley | Pioneer on the Oregon Trail along the Snake River | Elizabeth Lochrie | 1938 | |||
U.S. Post Office – Kellogg Main, in Kellogg | Discovery[59] | Fletcher Martin | 1941 | Martin's original proposal, Mine Rescue (1939), was deemed too controversial. It is now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[60][12] | 1990 | |
Preston Main Post Office, in Preston | The Battle of Bear River | Edmund J. Fitzgerald | 1941 | Depicts U.S. cavalry attacking and burning a Native American village. Approximately 5 by 12 feet (1.5 m × 3.7 m) in size.[61] | 1989 | |
US Post Office-St. Anthony Main, in St. Anthony | The Fur Traders | Elizabeth Lochrie | 1939 |
Illinois
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Berwyn | The Picnic | Richard Haines | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
Bushnell | Pioneer Home in Bushnell | Reva Jackman | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Cairo | Sandbagging the Bulkheads | Wendell Jones | 1944 | Completed, refused, returned to government custody Lost after being shown in international mural exhibition at the end of World War II[65] | ||
Carmi | Service to the Farmer | Davenport Griffen | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Carthage | Pioneers Tilling Soil and Building Log Cabin | Karl Kelpe | 1939 | oil on canvas | 1989 | |
Chicago Loop Station, 211 S. Clark St. | Advent of the Pioneers, 1851 | Frances Foy | 1938 | oil on canvas on display at Cardiss Collins Post Office. Moved to Loop Station, 211 S. Clark St. | ||
Chicago Loop Station, 211 S. Clark St. | The Great Indian Council – 1833 | Gustaf Dalstrom | 1934 | oil on canvas installed at the Chestnut St. Station moved to Loop Station, 211 S. Clark St. | ||
Chicago Lakeview Station | Chicago: Epoch of a Great City | Harry Sternberg | 1938 | oil on canvas self-portrait of artist as a scientist in lower left corner | ||
Chicago Main Post Office | Mural Maps | Charles Turzak | 1937 | oil on canvas, 27 panels in the many upper-floor offices of General McCoy, head of the Sixth Army Corps at one time painted over but restored in 2000 | 2001 | |
Chicago Morgan Park Station | Father Jacques Marquette, 1674 | Theodore Johnson | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
Chillicothe | Railroading | Arthur Lidov | 1942 | tempera on board | ||
Clinton | Clinton in Winter | Aaron Bohrod | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Decatur | The Fusion of Agriculture and Industry | Mitchell Siporin | 1938 | fresco | ||
Decatur | Early Pioneers | Edward Millman | 1938 | 3 murals and a fresco | ||
Decatur | Social Consciousness | Edward Millman | 1938 | |||
Decatur | Growth of Democracy | Edward Millman | 1938 | |||
Decatur | Frank Lloyd Wright | Edgar Britton | 1938 | fresco | ||
Decatur | Carl Sandburg | Edgar Britton | 1938 | fresco | ||
Decatur | Natural Resources of Illinois | Edgar Britton | 1938 | fresco | ||
Decatur | John Deere | Edgar Britton | 1938 | fresco | ||
Decatur | Colonel Francis Parker | Edgar Britton | 1938 | fresco | ||
Decatur | Development of Illinois | Edgar Britton | 1938 | fresco | ||
Des Plaines | Father Marquette | James M. Newell | 1945 | 2 murals | ||
Downers Grove | Chicago, Railroad Center of the World | Elizabeth Tracy | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Dwight | Stage at Dawn | Carlos Lopez | 1937 | fresco | ||
East Alton | The Letter | Frances Foy | 1936 | oil on canvas | ||
East Moline | Early Settlers of Moline Along the Mississippi | Edgar Britton | 1936 | oil on canvas | ||
Eldorado | Mining in Illinois | William Schwartz | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
Elmhurst | There Was a Vision | George Melville Smith | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Fairfield | Old Settlers | William Schwartz | 1936 | oil on canvas | ||
Flora | Good News and Bad | 1937 | oil on canvas | |||
Forest Park | The White Fawn | Miriam McKinnie | 1940 | damaged during removal; in storage at Public Library | ||
Galesburg | Breaking the Prairie, Log City 1837 | Aaron Bohrod | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Geneva | Fish Fry in the Park | Manuel Bromberg | 1941 | tempera | ||
Gibson City | Hiawatha Returning with Minnehaha | Frances Foy | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Gillespie | Illinois Farm | Gustaf Dalstrom | 1935 | oil on canvas | ||
Glen Ellyn | Settlers | Daniel Rhodes | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
Hamilton | On the River | Edmund Lewandowski | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
Herrin | George Rogers Clark Conferring with Indians near Herrin, Illinois | Gustaf Dalstrom | 1940 | oil on canvas destroyed | ||
Lemont | Canal Boats | Charles Turzak | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Lewistown | Lewistown Milestones | Ida Abelman | 1941 | tempera | ||
Madison | Assimilation and Immigration into Industrial Life of Madison | A. Raymond Katz | 1940 | oil and tempera on canvas | ||
Marseilles | Industrial Marseilles | Avery F. Johnson | 1938 | oil on canvas, restored in 2005 | ||
Marshall | Harvest | Miriam McKinnie | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
McLeansboro | The First Mail Flight | Dorothea Mierisch | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
Melrose Park | Airmail | Edwin Boyd Johnson | 1937 | fresco | ||
Moline | Ploughshare Manufacturing | Edward Millman | 1937 | egg tempera on gesso | ||
Mount Carroll | Rural Scene – Wakarusa Valley | Irene Bianucci | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
Mount Morris | The Growth of Mount Morris | Dale Nichols | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Mount Sterling | The Covered Bridge | Henry Bernstein | 1941 | tempera | ||
Naperville | George Martin's Home Overlooking Old Naper Hill | Rainey Bennett[66] | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
Nashville | Barnyard | Zoltan Seeshy | 1942 | tempera on wallboard | ||
Normal | Development of the State Normal School | Albert Pels | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Oak Park | The Founding of Fort Crevecoeur | J. Theodore Johnson | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Oak Park | La Salle's Search for Tonti, 1680 | J. Theodore Johnson | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Oak Park | The Pioneer of 1848 | J. Theodore Johnson | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Oak Park | The Osceola – The First Shipment of Wheat from Chicago, 1839 | J. Theodore Johnson | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
O'Fallon | John Mason Peck, First Postmaster, Handing Out Mail, 1830 | Merlin F. Pollack | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Oglesby | The Illini and Potawatomies Struggle at Starved Rock | Fay E. Davis | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
Oregon | Pioneer and Democracy | David Cheskin | 1940 | tempera | ||
Petersburg | Lincoln at New Salem, Illinois | John Winters | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Pittsfield | Riverboat and Bridge | William Schwartz (artist) | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Rushville | Hart Fellows – Builder of Rushville | Rainey Bennett[66] | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Salem | Lincoln as Postmaster in New Salem | Vladimir Rousseff | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Shelbyville | Shelby County Fair-1900 | Lucia Wiley | 1941 | fresco | ||
Staunton | Going to Work | Ralf Hendricksen | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
Tuscola | The Old Days | Edwin Boyd Johnson | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
Vandalia | Old State Capitol Building | Aaron Bohrod | 1936 | oil on canvas | ||
Virden | Illinois Pastoral | James Daugherty | 1939 | tempera and oil | ||
Wilmette | In the Soil is Our Wealth | Raymond Breinin | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Wood River | Stagecoach and Mail | Archibald Motley, Jr. | 1937 | oil on canvas |
Indiana
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Alexandria | The Sleighing Party | Roland Schweinsburg | 1938 | |||
Angola | Hoosier Farm | Charles Campbell | 1937 | on display at Steuban County Community Center | ||
Attica | Trek of the Covered Wagon to Indiana | Reva Jackman | 1938 | 1988 | ||
Aurora | Down to the Ferry | Henrik Martin Mayer | 1938 | |||
Batesville | Building the Industrial Foundation of Batesville | Orville Carroll | 1938 | |||
Boonville | Boonville Beginnings | Ida Abelman | 1941 | casein tempera on canvas | ||
Cambridge | Pride Of Cambridge City | Samuel F. Hershey | 1941 | |||
Crawfordsville | Indiana Agriculture | Frank Long | 1942 | |||
Crown Point | From Such Beginnings Sprang the County of Lake Indiana | George Melville Smith | 1938 | |||
Culver | The Arrival of the Mail in Culver | Jessie Hull Mayer | 1938 | |||
Danville | Filling the Water Jugs at Haymaking Time | Gail W. Martin | 1939 | |||
Dunkirk | Preparations for Autumn Festival, Dunkirk | Frances Foy | 1941 | |||
Franklin | Local Industry | Jean Swiggett | 1940 | |||
Garrett | Clearing the Right of Way | Joseph H. Cox | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Gas City | Gas City in Boom days | William A. Dolwick | 1939 | |||
Hobart | Early Hobart | William A. Dolwick | 1938 | |||
Indianapolis | Suburban Street | Alan Tompkins | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
Jasper | Indiana Farming Scene in Late Autumn | Jessie Hull Mayer | 1939 | |||
Knightstown | The Evening Mail | Raymond L. Morris | 1938 | |||
Lafayette | Rural Delivery | Henrik Martin Mayer | 1936 | oil on canvas | ||
Lafayette | Sad News | Henrik Martin Mayer | 1936 | oil on canvas | ||
LaGrange | The Corn School | Jessie Hull Mayer | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
Liberty | Animal Fields | Avery F. Johnson | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Ligonier | Cutting Timber | Fay E. Davis | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Martinsville | The Arrival of the Mail | Alan Tompkins | 1937 | |||
Middlebury | Early Middlebury Mail | Raymond Redell | 1939 | |||
Monticello | Haymaking | Marguerite Zorach | 1942 | |||
Nappanee | Waiting for the Mail | Grant Christian | 1938 | |||
North Manchester | Indiana Farm – Sunday Afternoon | Alan Tompkins | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Paoli | Rural Mail Carriers | Tom Rost | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Pendleton | Loggers | William F. Kaeser | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Rensselaer | Receiving the Mail on the Farm | John E. Costigan | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Rockville | Landscape | Milton Avery | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Spencer | Harvesting | Joseph Meert | 1940 | tempera and oil on canvas Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | ||
Terre Haute | Magna Carta – Through This Document Government Exists According to Law not Power | Frederick Webb Ross | 1935 | on display at Indiana State University College of Business | ||
Tipton | Indiana Farming | Donald Mattison | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
Union City | Country Cousins | Donald Mattison | 1938 | oil on canvas |
Iowa
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed |
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Ames | The Evolution of Corn | Lowell Houser | 1938 | |||
Audubon | Audubon's Trip Down the Ohio and Mississippi – 1820 | Virginia Snedecker | 1942 | |||
Bloomfield | Autumn in Iowa | John Sharpe | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Clarion | Farm Scene | Paul Faulkner | 1943 | |||
Columbus Junction | Lovers Leap | Sante Graziani | 1942 | |||
Corning | Band Concert | Marion Gilmore | 1941 | Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | ||
Corydon | Volunteer Fire Department | Marion Gilmore | 1942 | |||
Cresco | Iowa Farming | Richard Haines | 1937 | |||
DeWitt | Shucking Corn | John Bloom | 1938 | oil on canvas on display at DeWitt City Hall | ||
Dubuque | Early Mississippi Steamboat | William E. L. Bunn | 1936 | oil on canvas[70] | 1985 CP | |
Dubuque | Early Settlers of Dubuque | Bertrand R. Adams | 1937 | |||
Emmetsburg | Conservation of Wildlife | Lee Allen | 1940 | |||
Forest City | Evening on the Farm | Orr C. Fisher | 1942 | |||
Hamburg | Peony Festival at Hamburg | William E. L. Bunn | 1941 | Destroyed | ||
Harlan | The Farmer Feeding Industry | Richard Gates | 1937 | |||
Hawarden | Hunters | John Sharp | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
Ida Grove | Preparations for the First County Fair in Ida Grove – 1872 | Andrene Kauffman | 1940 | |||
Independence | Postman in Storm | Robert Tabor | 1939 | |||
Jefferson | The New Calf | Tom Savage | 1938 | |||
Knoxville | Pioneer Group at the Red Rock Line – 1845 | Marvin Beerbohm | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
Leon | Rural Free Delivery | Criss Glasell | 1938 | |||
Manchester | Iowa Farm Life | William E. Henning | 1938 | |||
Marion | Communication by Mail | Dan Rhodes | 1939 | restored in 2008 on display at Marion Heritage Center | ||
Missouri Valley | Iowa Fair | Francis Robert White | 1938 | |||
Monticello | Iowa Landscape | William C. Palmer | 1940 | Three panels: the postman's creed, left panel; the Iowa state motto, center panel; the state song of Iowa, right panel. | ||
Mount Ayr | The Corn Parade | Orr C. Fisher | 1941 | |||
Mount Pleasant | Mount Pleasant in the Forties – The Farm | Dorothea Tomlinson | 1939 | |||
Mount Pleasant | Mount Pleasant in the Forties – The Town | Dorothea Tomlinson | 1939 | |||
New Hampton | Breaking the Colt | Tom Savage | 1939 | |||
Onawa | Soil Erosion and Control | Lee Allen | 1938 | |||
Osceola | Arrival of the First Train | Byron B. Boyd | 1936 | |||
Pella | Hollanders Settle in Pella | Byron B. Boyd | 1938 | |||
Rockwell City | Summer | John Sharp | 1941 | |||
Sigourney | Indian Harvest | Richard Olsen | 1940 | |||
Tipton | Cattle | John Bloom | 1940 | |||
Waverly | Letter From Home in 1856 | Mildred Pelzer Lynch | 1938 |
Kansas
[edit]A number of Kansas post offices were listed on the National Register on basis of their murals, as part of a study of "Kansas Post Offices with Artwork, 1936-1942".[72]
Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Anthony United States Post Office, Anthony | Turning a Corner | Joe Jones | 1939 | Oil on canvas mural shows three farmers using a combine to thresh wheat.[73] | 1989 | |
Augusta | A Kansas Gusher | Donald Silks | 1940 | 1989 | ||
Belleville | Kansas Stream | Birger Sandzen | 1939 | 1989 | ||
Caldwell United States Post Office, Caldwell | Cowboys Driving Cattle | Kenneth Evett | 1941 | tempera[74] | 1989 | |
Council Grove | Autumn Colors | Charles B. Rogers | 1941 | 1989 | ||
Eureka | Cattle Roundup | Vance Kirkland | 1938 | 1989 | ||
Fort Scott | Border Gateways | Oscar E. Berninghaus | 1937 | |||
Goodland | Rural Free Delivery | Kenneth Miller Adams | 1937 | oil on canvas | 1989 | |
Halstead | Where Kit Carson Camped | Birger Sandzen | 1941 | 1989 | ||
Herington | Arrival of the First Train in Herington – 1885 | H. Louis Freund | 1937 | |||
Hoisington | Wheat Center | Dorothea Tomlinson | 1938 | |||
Horton | Picnic in Kansas | Kenneth Evett | 1938 | 1989 | ||
Horton | Changing of Horses for the Pony Express | Kenneth Evett | 1939 | 1989 | ||
Hutchinson | Threshing in Kansas | Lumen Martin Winter | 1942 | 1989 | ||
Kingman | In the Days of the cattleman's Picnic | Jessie S. Wilber | 1942 | fresco tempera on plaster | 1989 | |
United States Post Office–Lindsborg, in Lindsborg | Smoky River | Birger Sandzen | 1938 | oil on canvas | 1989 | |
Neodesha United States Post Office, Neodesha | Neodesha's First Inhabitants | Bernard J. Steffen | 1938 | Tempura on pressed wood board "that depicts the friendly relations between the Osage Indians of southeastern Kansas and the early white settlers. On the right side of the canvas Osage Chief Little Bear waves to Dr. T. Blakeslee, a physician responsible for much of the peacefulness between the two cultures."[75] | 1989 | |
Olathe | The Mail Must Go Through | Albert T. Reid | 1940 | moved to Olathe Public Library | ||
Oswego United States Post Office, Oswego | Farm Life | Robert E. Larter | 1940 | tempera on canvas[76] | 1989 | |
Russell | Wheat Workers | Martyl Schweig | 1940 | a harvest scene in a regional social realistic style | 1989 | |
Sabetha | The Hare and the Tortoise | Albert T. Reid | 1937 | 1989 | ||
Seneca | Men and Wheat | Joe Jones | 1940 | Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | 1989 | |
Wichita | Kansas Farming | Richard Haines | 1936 | United States Post Office and Federal Building (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
Wichita | Pioneers in Kansas | Ward Lockwood | 1936 | United States Post Office and Federal Building (Wichita, Kansas) |
Kentucky
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed |
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Anchorage | Meeting the Train | Loren R. Fisher | 1939 | oil on linen | ||
Flemingsburg | Crossing To the Battle of Blue Licks | Lucile Blanch | 1943 | |||
Fort Thomas | General G. H. Thomas and Philip Sheridan | Lucienne Bloch | 1942 | |||
Greenville | Source of Power | Allan Gould | 1940 | oil on canvas only surviving panel from an original set of 6 | ||
Hardinsburg | Kentucky Homestead | Nathaniel Koffman | 1942 | |||
Harrodsburg | An Indian Attack | Orville Carroll | 1941 | |||
Harrodsburg | George Rogers Clark Being Welcomed at Fort Harrod | Orville Carroll | 1941 | |||
Harrodsburg | Pioneers Being Refreshed at the Spring in Fort Harrod | Orville Carroll | 1941 | |||
Harrodsburg | Daniel Boone and Michael Stoner Arriving at Harrod's Settlement | Orville Carroll | 1941 | |||
Harrodsburg | Death of a Settler By An Indians Arrow | Orville Carroll | 1941 | |||
Harrodsburg | First School in Kentucky Taught at Fort Harrod by Mrs. Jane Coomes | Orville Carroll | 1941 | |||
Hickman | Mississippi Packets | William E. L. Bunn | 1940 | Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | 1990 | |
Hodgenville | Hodgen's Mill | Schomer Lichtner | 1943 | oil on canvas | ||
Lexington | Daniel Boone's Arrival in Kentucky | Ward Lockwood | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Morehead | The Rural Free Delivery | Frank L. Long | 1939 | former post office is now the Morehead Municipal Building | ||
Morganfield | Rural Free Delivery | Bert Mullins | 1939 | |||
Pineville | Kentucky Mountain Mail En Route | Edward Fern | 1942 | |||
Princeton | Kentucky Tobacco Field | Robert C. Purdy | 1938 | |||
Williamsburg | Floating Horses Down the Cumberland River | Alios Fabry | 1939 |
Louisiana
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed |
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Abbeville | The Harvest | Louis Raynaud | 1939 | on display at the Abbeville Museum | ||
Arcadia | Cotton Time | Allison B. Curry | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
Bunkie | Cotton Pickers | Caroline Rohland | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Covington | Tung Oil Industry | Xavier Gonzalez | 1939 | the former Covington Post Office is now The Southern Hotel | ||
DeRidder | Rural Free Delivery | Conrad A. Albrizio | 1936 | building now houses the Beauregard Community Action Association | ||
U.S. Post Office (Ferriday, Louisiana) in Ferriday | 1939 | Mural in post office in the National Register-listed Ferriday Commercial Historic District[79] | ||||
Gretna | Steamboats on the Mississippi | Stuart R. Purser | 1939 | Mural has been relocated to the Finance Station Post Office building | ||
Hammond | Strawberry Farming | Xavier Gonzalez | 1937 | |||
Haynesville | Agriculture and History of Clairborne City | Joseph Pistey, Jr. | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Jenerette | Sugar Cane Mill | Hollis Holbrook | 1941 | fresco | ||
Lake Providence | Life on the Lake | Ethel Edwards | 1942 | |||
Oakdale | Air Express | Harry Lane | 1939 | |||
Rayville | LaSalle's Quest for the Mississippi | Elsie Diggs | 1939 | |||
St. Martinville | Evangeline | Minetta Good | 1940 | [12] | ||
Tallulah | The River | Francisca Negueloua | 1938 | fresco | ||
Ville Platte | Louisiana Bayou | Paul Rohland | 1939 | Relocated from the original post office to the present building in 1971 | ||
Winnsboro | Logging in the Louisiana Swamps | Datus Ensign Myers | 1939 | Building is now a museum. Final mural (see at Flickr) differs from study (shown in image here). |
Maine
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed |
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Dexter | News from the Woodsman | Elliot Means | 1941 | |||
Dover-Foxcroft | River Driving | Barrie Barnstow Greenbie | 1940 | Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | ||
Ellsworth | Ellsworth, Lumber Port | Alzira Peirce | 1938 | on display at the Ellsworth City Hall | ||
Kennebunk | The Arrival of the First Letter – Kennebunk Post Office from Falmouth – June 14, 1775 | Edith Barry | 1939 | former post office now houses the Kennebunkport Police Station | ||
Kennebunkport | Bathers | Elizabeth Tracy | 1941 | removed May 1945[81] | ||
Kennebunkport | Kennebunkport | Gordon Grant | 1944 | extant; replaced the Tracy mural[82] | ||
Millinocket | Logging in the Maine Woods | John Beauchamp | 1942 | |||
Portland | The Sea | Henry Mattson | 1937 | |||
Portland | The Rocky Coast of Maine | Henry Mattson | 1937 | |||
South Portland | Shipwreck at Night | Alzira Peirce | 1939 | |||
Westbrook | Woodmen in the Woods of Maine | Waldo Peirce | 1937 | Post office torn down in 1980 on display at Portland Museum of Art |
Maryland
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Bel Air | First Performance of Edwin Booth | William Calfee | 1938 | |||
Bethesda | Montgomery County Farm Women's Market | Robert Franklin Gates | 1939 | after renovation in 2013, the mural was reinstalled in the Bethesda – Chevy Chase Regional Service Center | ||
Catonsville | Incidents in the History of Catonsville | Avery F. Johnson | 1942 | Three panels; currently covered from view[84] | ||
Elkton | Arrival of the Post, 1780 | Alexander B. Clayton | 1939 | oil on canvas Missing[85] | ||
Ellicott City | Scenes of Old Ellicott City | R. Dunne | 1942 | tempera oil in plaster | ||
Hagerstown | Transportation of the Mural | Frank Long | 1938 | 3 panels | ||
Hyattsville | Eugene Kingman | 1938 | tempera oil on plaster | 1986 | ||
Oakland | Buckwheat Harvest | Robert Franklin Gates | 1939 | tempera | ||
Rockville | Sugarloaf Mountain | Judson Smith | 1940 | Mural featured on 2019 Post Office Murals stamp set | ||
Salisbury | Cotton Patch | Jacob Getlar Smith | 1939 | on display at the NRHP-listed Maude R. Toulson Federal Building and Post Office in Salisbury | 2016 | |
Salisbury | Salisbury | Jacob Getlar Smith | 1939 | |||
Stage at Bryd's Inn | Jacob Getlar Smith | 1939 | ||||
Silver Spring | The Old tavern | Nicolai Cikovsky | 1937 | on display at the Silver Spring Public Library | ||
Towson | History of Transportation | Nicolai Cikovsky | 1939 | 5 tempera panels |
Massachusetts
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Adams | Quakers and the Site of Adams | Helen Rubin Stoler | 1940 | destroyed during renovation | ||
Arlington | Purchase of Land and Modern Tilling of the Soil | William C. Palmer | 1938[12] | |||
Ashland | The Railroad Comes to Town | Saul Berman | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
Boston East Boston Branch | Communication | Ralf E. Nickelson | 1941 | oil on canvas 4 panels | ||
Boston Everett Branch | Mail for New England | Stephen Etnier | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Canton | Paul Revere – 1801 | Ernst Fiene | 1937 | |||
Chestnut Hill | The Reverend John Elliot Preaching to the Indians | William Abbott Cheever | 1941 | |||
Chicopee Falls | History of Chicopee Falls | Ernst Halberstadt | 1938 | |||
Concord | Battle of the Bridge | Charles Anton Kaeselau | 1941 | |||
Danvers | Return of Timothy Pickering to Reside in Danvers | Dunbar Beck | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Dedham | Early Rural Mail Delivery | W. Lester Stevens | 1936 | |||
Dedham | Early Rural School | W. Lester Stevens | 1936 | |||
East Walpole | Early Paper Making | George Kanelous | 1941 | |||
Falmouth | Recapture of Corn Schooner from British | Karl Oberteuffer | 1943 | 1986 | ||
Holyoke | Captain Elizur Holyoke's Exploring Party on the Connecticut River | Ross Moffett | 1936 | oil on canvas | 1986 | |
Ipswich | Ipswich Tax Resistance | Saul Levine | 1941 | |||
Lexington | Paul Revere's Ride | Aiden Lassell Ripley | 1940 | |||
Lynn | Colonial and Contemporary Civic Culture | William Riseman | 1936 | 1986 | ||
Lynn | Early and Modern Industries of Lynn | William Riseman | 1936 | |||
Medford | Golden Triangle of Trade | Henry Billings | 1939 | 1986 | ||
Millbury | An Incident in the King Philip War – 1670 | Joe Lasber | 1941 | mural was "revived" in 1991 | 1987 | |
Milton | The Suffolk Resolves – Oppression and Revolt in the Colonies | Elizabeth Tracy | 1939 | |||
Natick | John Eliot Speaks to the Natick Indians | Hollis Holbrook | 1937 | tempera [12] | ||
Northampton | Work Religion and Education | Alfred Crimi | 1940 | oil on canvas on display at the Hampshire County Courthouse | ||
Somerville | A Skirmish Between British and Colonists | Ross Moffett | 1937 | 1986 | ||
South Hadley | Composite View of South Hadley | Saul Levine | 1942 | tempera | 1986 | |
Stoughton | A Massachusetts Countryside | Jean Watson | 1940 | Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition on display in attic at Stoughton Historic Society | ||
Revere | The First Store and Tavern | Ross Moffett | 1939 | |||
Rockport | Preparing Rockport Granite for Shipment | W. Lester Stevens | 1939 | |||
Wareham | Cranberry Pickers | Lewis Rubenstein | 1940 | |||
Weymouth | First landing at Weymouth | Guy Rene′ du Bois | 1942 |
Michigan
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Alma | Harvest | Joseph H. Cox | 1940 | oil on canvas[88] | ||
Belding | Belding Brothers and Their Silk Industry | Marvin Beerbohm | 1943 | |||
Birmingham | The Pioneering Society's Picnic | Carlos Lopez | 1942 | Building now houses private offices with mural still on display. | ||
Blissfield | Laying the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad | Jean Paul Slusser | 1938 | |||
Bronson | Harvest | Arthur Getz | 1941 | |||
Buchanan | Production | Gertrude Goodrich | 1941 | Mural was painted over but is being restored | ||
Calumet | Copper Mining in Calumet | Joe Lasker | 1941 | |||
Caro | Mail on the Farm | David Fredenthal | 1941 | |||
Chelsea | The Way of Life | George Fisher | 1938 | Moved to new post office building in August 2009 | ||
Clare | The Mail Arrives in Clare | Allan Thomas | 1937 | oil on canvas | ||
Crystal Falls | Extending the Frontier in Northwest Territory | Allan Thomas | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Dearborn | Ten Eyck’s Tavern on Chicago Road | Rainey Bennett | 1938 | oil on canvas On display at the Henry Ford Community College Library | ||
Detroit | Automobile Industry | William Gropper | 1941 | oil on fiberboard On permanent display in the student center at Wayne State University[89] | ||
East Lansing | America's First Agricultural College | Henry Bernstein | 1938 | On permanent loan and display at Michigan State University's Main Library | ||
Eastpointe | Early Settlers | Frank Cassara | 1940 | |||
Eaton Rapids | Industry and Agriculture | Boris Mestchersky | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Frankfort | On Board the Ferry Car (Ann Arbor #4, Feb. 14, 1923) | Henry Bernstein | 1941 | 1989 | ||
Grand Ledge | Waiting for the Mail | James Calder | 1939 | Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | ||
Grayling | The Lumber Camp | Robert Lepper | 1939 | oil on canvas Depicts a typical historical lumber camp populated by lumberjacks, sawing through timber; stacks of logs, logging equipment, workhorses, locomotive; Native American's observing the process[90] | ||
Greenville | Lumbering | Charles W. Thwaite | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Hamtramck | Products of Industry and Agriculture | Schomer Lichtner | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Hamtramck | Farm Family | Schomer Lichtner | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Hamtramck | City Workers | Schomer Lichtner | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Howell | Rural Delivery | Jaroslaw Brozik | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
Iron Mountain | Historic Treatment of Mail Transportation in the West | Vladimir Rouseff | 1935 | 5 oil on canvas panels | ||
Iron River | Paul Bunyan Straightening Out the Round River' | Milton Horn | July 16, 1941 | wood carved relief[91] | ||
Marquette | Marquette Exploring Shores of Lake Superior | Dewey Albinson | 1938 | On display at the Marquette US Post Office and Federal Courthouse | ||
Midland | Fabricating Steel | Henry Bernstein | 1942 | Relocated to the Midland County Services Building in 1989[92] | ||
Paw Paw | Bounty | Carlos Lopez | 1940 | |||
Plymouth | Plymouth Trail | Carlos Lopez | 1938 | |||
Rockford | Among the Furrows | Pierre Bourdelle | 1940 | |||
Rogers City | Harbor at Rogers City | James Calder | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
St. Clair | St. Clair River | James Calder | 1938 | |||
Wayne | Landscape Near Wayne – 1875 | Algot Stenbery | 1939 | Mural is missing[35] |
Minnesota
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed |
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Breckenridge | Arrival of the Rural Mail | Robert Allaway | 1938 | |||
Caledonia | Hog Raising | Edmund Lewandowski | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
Cambridge | People of the Soil | Seymour Fogel | 1940 | |||
Chisholm | Discovery of Ore | Betty Carney | 1941 | |||
Ely | Iron-Ore Mines | Elsa Jemne | 1941 | tempera | ||
Ely | Wilderness | Elsa Jemne | 1941 | tempera | ||
Grand Rapids | Life in Grand Rapids and the Upper Mississippi | James Watrous | 1940 | |||
Hastings | Arrival of the Fall Catalogue | Richard Haines | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
Hutchinson | The Hutchinson Singers | Elsa Jemne | 1942 | egg tempera on plaster | ||
International Falls | Early Logging at Koochiching Falls | Lucia Wiley | 1943 | |||
Litchfield | Street Scene | Elof Wedin | 1937 | |||
Long Prairie | Gathering Wild Rice | Lucia Wiley | 1939 | |||
Marshall | Pioneers Arriving in Marshall by Wagon Train | Henry Holstrom | 1938 | |||
Morris | Gager's Trading Post on the Wadsworth Trail | Alfred Sessler | 1943 | |||
North St. Paul | Production | Donald Humphrey | 1941 | tempera on plaster Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | ||
Sauk Centre | Threshing Wheat | Richard Jansen | 1942 | |||
St. James | Indian Hunters and Rice Gatherers | Margaret Martin | 1940 | |||
Wabasha | The Smoke Message | Allan Thomas | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Wayzata | Wayzata (Pines of the North) | Ruth Grotenrath | 1947 | one of the latest New Deal murals in existence | ||
White Bear Lake | Early Voyageurs at Portage | Nellie G. Best | 1940 | tempera |
Mississippi
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Amory | Amory, Mississippi, 1889 | John McCrady | 1939 | A panoramic view of Amory, Mississippi's main street in 1889. | 1988 | |
Batesville | Cotton Plantation | Eve Kottgen | 1942 | |||
Bay St. Louis | Life on the Coast | Louis Raynaud | 1938 | |||
Old Post Office, Booneville | Scenic and Historic Booneville | Stefan Hirsch | 1943 | oil on canvas. Completed under the Treasury Bureau's Section of Fine Arts program at the cost of $750. In Old Post Office included in the NRHP-listed Downtown Booneville Historic District.[95] | 1998 | |
Carthage | Lumbermen Rolling a Log | Peter Dalton | 1938 | 1983 | ||
Columbus | Out of Soil | Beulah Bettersworth | 1940 | oil on canvas | 1983 | |
Crystal Springs | Harvest | Henry La Cagnina | 1943 | 1993 | ||
Durant | Erosion, Reclamation and Conservation of the Soil | Isadore Tuberoff | 1942 | |||
Eupora | Cotton Farm | Thomas Savage | 1945 | |||
Forest | Forest Logger | Julien Binford | 1941 | 1993 | ||
Hazelhurst | Life in the Mississippi Cotton Belt | Auriel Bessemer | 1939 | |||
Houston | Post Near Houston, Natchez, 1803 | Byron Burford, Jr. | 1941 | |||
Indianola | White Gold in the Delta | Beulah Bettersworth | 1939 | destroyed in the '60s | ||
Jackson | Pursuits of Life in Mississippi | Simka Simkhovitch | 1938 | In 2008 it was hanging in the James O. Eastland United States Courthouse in Jackson, Mississippi.[96] | ||
Leland | Ginnin' Cotton | Stuart R. Purser | 1940 | tempera Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | 1983 | |
Louisville | Crossroads | Karl Wolfe | 1938 | |||
Macon | Signing of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek | S. Douglass Crockwell | 1944 | |||
Magnolia | Cotton Harvest | John H. Fyfe | 1939 | 1993 | ||
July 4 Celebration at Sheriff Bacof's | ||||||
Magnolia in 1889 | ||||||
New Albany | Milking Time | Roger Cleaver Purdy | 1939 | |||
Newton | Economic Life in Newton in the Earl 1940s | Mary Boggs Frank Boggs | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
Okolona | The Richness of the Soil | Harold Egan | 1939 | painted over within days of completion | ||
Pascagoula | Legend of the Singing River | Lorin Thompson | 1939 | damaged in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina | ||
Picayune | Lumber Region of Mississippi | Donald H. Robertson | 1940 | |||
Pontotoc | The Wedding of Ortez and SaOuana – Christmas, 1540 | Joseph Pollet | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Tylertown | Rural Mississippi – from Early Days to Present | Lucile Blanch | 1941 | tempera | ||
Vicksburg | Vicksburg, Its Character and Industries | Henriette A. Oberteuffer | 1939 | oil on canvas[97] | Former U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, now privately owned[98][99] | |
Waynesboro | Waynesboro Landscape | Ross E. Braught | 1942 | oil on canvas |
Missouri
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Bethany | Time Out | Joseph Vorst | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
Canton | Winter Landscape | Jessie Hull Mayer | 1940 | |||
Cassville | Flora and Fauna of the Region | H. Edward Winter | 1941 | 3 porcelain enameled panels, each signed | ||
Charleston | Harvest | Joe Jones | 1939 | oil on canvas | 1989 | |
Clinton | Coon Hunt | Richard Haines | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
Columbia | Pony Express | Edward Buk Ulreich | 1937 | since 2004, mural has been on display at the National Archives Central Plains Region building in Kansas City, MO. It had hung in various city offices from 1967 to 2004 | ||
Indians Watching Stagecoach in the Distance | since 2004, mural has been on display at the National Archives Central Plains Region building in Kansas City, MO. It had hung in various city offices from 1967 to 2004 | |||||
Dexter | Husking Corn | Joe Jones | 1941 | oil on canvas | ||
Eldon | Picnic, Lake of the Ozarks | Frederick Shane | 1941 | |||
Fredericktown | The Lead Belt | James B. Turnbull | 1939 | oil on canvas | 2009 | |
Higginsville | Industrial Activity in the City | Jac T. Bowen | 1942 | trempera | ||
Jackson | Loading Cattle | James B. Turnbull | 1940 | Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition moved to newer building | ||
Lee's Summit | Pastoral | Ted Gilien | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Marceline | Contemporary Life in Missouri | Joseph Meert | 1938 | tempera | ||
Monett | Products of Missouri | James McCreery | 1939 | |||
Mount Vernon | Spring Pastoral | Joseph Meert | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Palmyra | Memories of Marion County | James Penny (artist) | 1939 | oil on canvas, depicts Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and Jim | ||
Paris | The Clemens Family Arrives in Monroe County | Fred G. Carpenter | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
Pleasant Hill | Back Home, April 1865 | Thomas C. Lea III | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Ste. Genevieve | La Guignolee | Martyl Schweig | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
St. Joseph | History of the Region—Settlers Crossing the River | Gustaf Dalstrom | 1941 | |||
History of the Region—First Railway Post Office | ||||||
History of the Region—Flooded River | ||||||
History of the Region—Grain Farmers | ||||||
History of the Region—Horseless Carriage | ||||||
History of the Region—Indian Boat Race | ||||||
History of the Region—Leading Packet Boat | ||||||
History of the Region—Lewis & Clark Expedition | ||||||
History of the Region—Negro River Music | ||||||
History of the Region—Pony Express | ||||||
History of the Region—Railway Station of 1880 | ||||||
History of the Region—Robidaux House | ||||||
St. Louis Gwen B. Stiles Station | Old Levee and Market at St Louis | Lumen Martin Winter | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
St. Louis Main Post Office | The Postwar Period | Mitchell Siporin | 1942 | Largest single project awarded for a post office by the Section[101][102] | ||
St. Louis Main Post Office | Commerce and Trade | Edward Millman | 1942 | [103] | ||
St. Louis Main Post Office | The Territory of Missouri | Mitchell Siporin | 1942 | [104] | ||
St. Louis Main Post Office | George Rogers Clark and Daniel Boone | Mitchell Siporin | 1942 | [105] | ||
St. Louis Main Post Office | Pre-Civil War Missouri | Edward Millman | 1942 | [106] | ||
St. Louis Main Post Office | The Civil War | Mitchell Siporin | 1942 | [107] | ||
St. Louis Main Post Office | Discovery and Colonization | Mitchell Siporin | 1942 | [108] | ||
St. Louis Main Post Office | The Struggle for Statehood | Edward Millman | 1942 | [109] | ||
St. Louis Main Post Office | The River | Edward Millman | 1942 | [110] | ||
Sullivan | Saturday Afternoon on Main Street | Lawrence Adams | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
Union | Aspects of Rural Missouri | James Penny (artist) | 1941 | fresco restored and moved to a new post office building | ||
University City | The Louisiana Purchase Exposition | Trew Hocker | 1940 | |||
Windsor | Agriculture and Varied Institutes | H. Louis Freund | 1938 | oil on canvas |
Montana
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Billings Post Office and Courthouse, in Billings | Trading Cattle | Leo J. Beaulauier | 1942 | |||
Deer Lodge | James and Granville Stuart Prospecting in Deer Lodge Valley – 1858 | Verona Burkhard | 1939 | |||
Dillon | News from the States | Elizabeth Lochrie | 1938[12] | |||
Glasgow Post Office and Courthouse, in Glasgow | Montana's Progress | Forrest Hill | 1942 | It is a 72" x 168" painting that earned the painter $1,250.[112][113] | 1986 | |
Hamilton | Flat Head War Party | Henry Meloy | 1942 | oil on canvas | ||
Sidney | General Sully at Yellowstone | J.K. Ralston | 1942 |
Nebraska
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed[21] |
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Albion | Winter in Nebraska | Jenne Magafan | 1939 | oil on canvas | 1992 | |
Auburn United States Post Office in Auburn | Threshing | Ethel Magafan | 1938 | [115] | 1992 | |
Crawford | The Crossing | G. Glenn Newell | 1940 | oil on canvas[12] | ||
Geneva U.S. Post Office in Geneva | Building a Sod House | Edward Chavez | 1940 | Completed in 1941; cleaned and restored in 1981.[116] | 1992 | |
Hebron United States Post Office Hebron | Stampeding Buffaloes Stopping the Train | Eldora Lorenzini | 1939 | oil on canvas[117] | 1992 | |
Minden U.S.P.O. Minden | Military Post on the Overland Trail | William E. L. Bunn | 1939 | oil on canvas, 13 by 6 feet (4.0 m × 1.8 m) in size[118] | 1983 | |
Ogallala | Long Horns | Frank Mechau | 1938 | oil on canvas | ||
United States Post Office in O'Neill | Baling Hay in Holt County in the Early Days | Eugene Trentham | 1938 | oil on canvas | 1992 | |
USPO (Pawnee), in Pawnee City | The Auction | Kenneth Evett | 1942 | oil on canvas | 1992 | |
Red Cloud U.S.P.O., in Red Cloud | Loading Cattle | Archie Musick | 1941 | tempera on panel | 1992 | |
Red Cloud | Moving Westward | Archie Musick | 1941 | tempera on panel | 1992 | |
Red Cloud | Stockade Builders | Archie Musick | 1941 | tempera on panel | 1992 | |
United States Post Office in Schuyler | Wild Horses by Moonlight | Philip von Saltza | 1940 | Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | 1992 | |
Valentine | The End of the Line | Kady Faulkner | 1939 | tempera on panel |
Nevada
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed |
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Lovelock | The Uncovering of the Comstock Lode | Ejnar Hansen | 1940 | 1990 | ||
Winnemucca | Cattle Roundup | Polly Duncan | 1940 | 1990 | ||
Yerington | Homestead on the Plain | Adolph Gottlieb | 1941 | oil on canvas Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition | 1990 |
New Hampshire
[edit]Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP listed |
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Lebanon | Rural New Hampshire | Charles Kaesalau | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
Milford | Lumberman Log-Rolling |