Texas Post office Murals, WPA Murals. (original) (raw)
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Post Office Murals by Michael Barr
Post Office Art by Bob Bowman
During the Great Depression, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought ideas for public relief projects to inspire Americans to rebuild their lives, an artist friend asked the President to employ artists to beautify the walls of public buildings with positive images of American life and history....Read full article
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Alice, Texas - WPA Mural "South Texas Panorama", 1939 by Warren Hunter (Relocated to the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1968.)
Alice Post Office Mural
Alpine, Texas � View of Alpine, 1940, by Jose Moya del Pinto
Alvin, Texas � Emigrants at Nightfall, 1940, by Loren Mozely
Amarillo, Texas � Mural Panels - Gang Plow, Disk Harrow, Cattle Branding, Cattle Loading, Coronado's Exploration Party, and Oil, 1940, by Julius Woeltz
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Anson, Texas � Cowboy Dance, 1941 by Jenne Magafan
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Arlington, Texas � Gathering Pecans, 1941 by Otis Dozier
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(In the Worthington National Bank Building)
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Baytown, Texas - Texas by Barse Miller, 1938
Big Spring, Texas - O Pioneers by Peter Hurd, 1939
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Borger, Texas � Big City News, 1939 by Jose Aceves
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(Relocated to the Hutchinson County Museum)
Brady, Texas Immigrant, 1939 by Gordon Grant
Brownfield, Texas � Ranchers of the Panhandle Fighting Prairie Fire with Skinned Steer, 1940 by Frank Mechau
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(Relocated to the Brownwood Police Headquarters)
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Caldwell, Texas � Indians Moving, 1939 by Suzane Scheuer Feature
(Relocated to College Station Post Office)
Canyon, Texas - Strays, 1938 by Francis Ankrom
Canyon, Texas � In the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum:
The Cattleman, 1934, and Ranch Headquarters, 1940 by Harold Bugbee,
Antelope Creek, 1940 and Coronado�s Coming, 1940, by Ben Mead
Prehistoric Mammals, 1934 by Gustaf Sunstrom (seven panels)
Center, Texas, Logging Scene, 1941 by Edward Chavez
Clifton, Texas - Texas Longhorns: A Vanishing Breed, 1941 by Ila McAffee
Cooper, Texas � Before the Fencing of Delta County, 1941 by Lloyd Goff
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Corpus Christi, Texas � The Sea: Port Activities and Harbor Fisheries, 1941 by Howard Cook
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Eastland, Texas � Indians Moving, 1940 by Suzane Scheuer
El Campo, Texas - Rural Texas Gulf Coast, 1938 by Milford Zornes
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El Paso, Texas (Federal Courthouse) - Pass of the North, 1938 by Tom Lea
Electra, Texas � Oil, Cattle, Wheat, 1940, by Allie Tennant
Elgin, Texas � Texas Farm, 1940 by Julius Woeltz
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Farmersville, Texas - Soil Conservation in Collin County, 1941, by Jerry Bywaters
Ft. Worth, Texas - The Taking of Sam Bass, Two Texas Rangers, and Flags Over Texas, 1940 by Frank Mechau
Fredericksburg, Texas � Loading Cattle, 1939, by Otis Dozier
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Gatesville, Texas - Off to Northern Markets, 1939 by Joe De Yong
Giddings, Texas � Cowboys Receiving the Mail, 1939 by Otis Dozier
Goose Creek, Texas � Texas, 1938 by Barse Miller
Graham, Texas � Oil Fields of Graham, 1939 by Alexandre Hogue
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(In the Young County Historical Museum)
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La Grange, Texas � Horses, 1939 by Tom Lewis
Lamesa, Texas � The Horse Breakers, 1940 by Fletcher Martin
Lampasas, Texas � Afternoon on a Texas Ranch, 1939 by Ethel Edwards
Liberty, Texas � Story of the Big Fish, 1939 by Howard Fisher
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Linden, Texas � The Last Crop, 1939 by Victor Arnautoff
Livingston, Texas � Landscape Mural and Buffalo Hunting, 1941 by T. Van Soelen
Lockhart, Texas � The Pony Express Station, 1939 by John Walker
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Longview, Texas � Texas Farm Scene by Thomas Stell
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Odessa, Texas � Stampede, 1940 by Tom Lea Feature
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San Antonio � San Antonio�s Importance in Texas History, 1939 by Howard Cook
San Antonio � Autumn and Spring in the Hill Country, 1934 by G. F. Newman
(Brady Green Clinic � now part of University Health Center - Downtown)
Seymour, Texas � Comanches, 19042 by Tom Lea
Sherman, Texas � Music, Literature and Painting, 1934 by James Swann
(Sherman Historical Museum)
Smithville, Texas � The Law � Texas Rangers, 1940 by Minnie Teichmueller
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Waco � Cattle, Indians, 1939 by E. Shonnard
Wellington, Texas � Settlers in Collingsworth County, 1940 by Bernard Arnest
