New Deal/WPA Art in Providence, Rhode Island

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

The Providence Post Office Annex is now known as the Pastore Federal Building, located in downtown Providence off the Kennedy Plaza.


East Providence, RI Post Office
"Eagle"
by Raymond Barger (1940) - stone


East Providence, RI Post Office
"Transportation"
by Raymond Barger (1940) - stone


East Providence, RI Post Office
"Distribution of the Mail"
by Raymond Barger (1940) - stone

Images courtesy of the USPS

Many thanks to Patti Cassidy who contributed the photographs!

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