In the 1930s the Public Works of Art Project of the Treasury Department started a program "to secure suitable art of the best quality for the embellishment of public buildings." Post offices built under the New Deal were among the beneficiaries of this program. In Indiana, thirty-six of the thirty-seven original murals still exist. The color photography by Darryl Jones, a noted Indianapolis photographer, brings the murals to life.
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On July 1937 Edward B. Rowan, superintendent of the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture in Washington, D.C., wrote to Joe Cox, an artist living at 3671 Birchwood Avenue in Indianapolis. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
simple and vital design, confirming installation, mural competition, post office murals, post office lobby, post office lobbies, mural commissions, color sketch, supervising architect, rural delivery, competent work, invitation letter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Treasury Department, Henrik Martin Mayer, Jessie Hull Mayer, Section of Fine Arts, New Deal, Alan Tompkins, Broad Ripple, Procurement Division, Crown Point, Forbes Watson, Gas City, Grant Christian, United States, Cambridge City, John Herron Art Institute, National Archives, North Manchester, The Arrival of the Mail, Corn School, World War, Ben Shahn, Joe Cox, North Carolina, Public Works of Art Project New!
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On July 1937 Edward B. Rowan, superintendent of the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture in Washington, D.C., wrote to Joe Cox, an artist living at 3671 Birchwood Avenue in Indianapolis. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
simple and vital design, confirming installation, mural competition, post office murals, post office lobby, post office lobbies, mural commissions, color sketch, supervising architect, rural delivery, competent work, invitation letter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Treasury Department, Henrik Martin Mayer, Jessie Hull Mayer, Section of Fine Arts, New Deal, Alan Tompkins, Broad Ripple, Procurement Division, Crown Point, Forbes Watson, Gas City, Grant Christian, United States, Cambridge City, John Herron Art Institute, National Archives, North Manchester, The Arrival of the Mail, Corn School, World War, Ben Shahn, Joe Cox, North Carolina, Public Works of Art Project New!
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- Of Building: Roger North's Writing on Architecture by Roger North on 6 pages
- The New Deal by Gail Stewart on page 8, and page 93
- Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal by Marlene Park on page 8, and page 93
- Ben Shahn by John D. Morse on page 8, and page 93
- The New Deal for Artists by Richard D. McKinzie on page 8, and page 93
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- Indiana in Stereo: Three-Dimensional Views of the Heartland by George R. Hanlin on page 242
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