List of United States post office murals
Location Mural title Artist Date
Atmore The Letter Box Anne Goldthwaite 1938
Brewton Logging John Von Wicht 1939
Enterprise Saturday in Enterprise Paul Arlt 1941
Eutaw The Countryside Robert Gwathmey 1941
Fairfield Spirit of Steel Frank Hartley Anderson 1938
Fort Payne Harvest at Fort Payne Harwood Steiger 1938
Hartselle Cotton Scene Lee R. Warthen 1941
Haleyville Reforestation Hollis Holbrook 1940
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
Monroeville Harvesting Arthur Leroy Bairnsfather 1939
Oneonta Local Agriculture-A.A.A . 1939 Aldis Birdseye Browne II 1939
Ozark Early Industry of Dale County John Kelly Fitzpatrick 1938
Phenix City Cotton John Kelly Fitzpatrick 1939
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
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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.