List of United States post office murals
Location Mural title Artist Date Notes NRHP listed
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 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 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
Fredonia U.S. Post Office , Fredonia Delivery of Mail to the Farm Lenore Thomas 1939 Ten piece terra cotta sculpture 1989
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
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 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 1989
Russell Wheat Workers Martyl Schweig 1940 a harvest scene in a regional social realistic style 1989
Kansas
[ 8 ] [ 56 ] 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 '' . [ 57 ]
United States post office murals were 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 was to secure artwork that met high artistic standards for public buildings, where it was accessible to all people. 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. Murals produced through the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture (1934-43) 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. Murals were commissioned through competitions open to all artists in the United States. Almost 850 artists were commissioned to paint 1371 murals, most of which were installed in post offices; 162 of the artists were women and three were African American. The Treasury Relief Art Project (1935-38), which provided artistic decoration for existing Federal buildings, produced a smaller number of post office murals. 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. Artists were asked to paint in an American scene style, depicting ordinary citizens in a realistic manner. Abstract and modern art styles were discouraged.