New Deal Art in Montevallo, Alabama


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.

Montevallo, AL Post Office
"Early Settlers Weighing Cotton"
by William S. McCall (1939) - oil on canvas
photograph taken by Wayne Waldrup, OIC

Many thanks to Jimmy Emerson who contributed the photograph!

Check out the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) Photo page at: http://www.postmarks.org/photos


The City of Montevalo, AL website about their mural
http://www.cityofmontevallo.com/Default.asp?ID=236

More info about the AL murals can be found at: www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec49det.html


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