Saint Albans, VT New Deal Art

New Deal/WPA Art in Saint Albans, Vermont

These Post Office murals were funded by the Section of Fine Arts under the Treasury Department and not the WPA.

Saint Albans, VT Post Office
"Haying" - oil on canvas
by Philip von Saltza (1939)

Saint Albans, VT Post Office
"Sugaring Off" - oil on canvas
by Philip von Saltza (1939)

Images courtesy of the USPS

Reference Source:
Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
by Marlene Park & Gerald E. Markowitz

Thanks to Jimmy Emerson who contributed the photographs!

Look for photographs of Post Office exteriors at the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) Post Office photo page: http://www.postmarks.org/photos