New Deal/WPA Art in Hickman, Kentucky
Most of the post office works of art were funded under the Treasury Department's Section commissions. Those works that were created using TRAP funds are so indicated. Although the WPA funded the construction of post office buildings, the artwork was not WPA but was usually produced under the Section or TRAP programs. Unless indicated, works of art are located in the US Post Office building.
The Hickman, KY Post Office was built in 1938. It has a mural entitled "Mississippi Packers" that was painted in 1940 by William Edward Lewis Bunn |
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.
Check out the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) Photo page at: http://www.postmarks.org/photos
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