“Activities of the Fishing Fleet” by Dennis Burlingame
(1939).
Two panels in the rather large post office in the middle
of the town depicting the hard work and toil of seafood industry. The painting
in the lobby has eight men taking a catch back to the ship. The oddly shaped
painting in the service area, one that wraps around a doorway, depicts two men tending
to nets on a dock.
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| The Main Post Office in Wildwood, NJ |
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| "Van Ausdal's Trading Post" by Roland Schwiensburg |
This painting depicts the trading post owned by Cornelius
Van Ausdal, originally of Virginia, trading with the Shawnee Chief, Tecumseh. The
painting depicts the log cabin that Van Ausdal owned on East Main Street, prior
to building a large brick structure in 1822.
Roland Schwiensburg, of Youngstown, was commissioned by
the WPA to paint the mural and it was hung in the post office in September
1939.
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“Valley of the Seven Hills” (1943), a painted wooden
relief, by Ryah Ludins.
88 Main St., Cortland, NY
“Defenders of the Wyoming Country – 1778” (1941) by Ethel
Ashton
109 Bridge St., Tunkhannock, PA
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“Barn Raising” (1942) by Wendell Jones.
Currently displayed in the lobby of the City Hall, 198
Washington Street, Rome, NY. The original site of the then new post office is
the current home of the Rome Historical Society.
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“The Onion Field” (1942) by Alison Mason Kingsbury.
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118 S Peterboro St., Canastota, NY |
New Deal artwork: A sculpture from Kenneth Washburn in the Moravia, NY Post Office.
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| "In Moravia in 1819 Jethro Wood made the first successful all-metal plow" (1942) |
United States Post Office, 100 South Main Street, Moravia, NY 13118
The New Deal artwork from the Boone, NC post office by Alan
Tompkins.
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Daniel Boone on a Hunting Trip in Watauga County (1940) |
