New Deal/WPA Art in Sturgis, SD


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 postoffice buildings, the artwork was not WPA but was usually produced underthe Section or TRAP programs.


Sturgis, SD Post Office
"The Fate of a Mail Carrier - Charlie Nolin - 1876" - oil oncanvas
by J.K. Ralston (1939)
Photograph taken by PM Vicky Cartwright

Many thanks to Jimmy Emerson who sent the photograph.

If you want to see what the exterior of a certain post office looks like, check out the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) Photopage at: http://www.postmarks.org/photos



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