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List of United States post office murals in Texas

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Following is a list of United States post office murals created in Texas between 1934 and 1943. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

LocationMural titleImageArtistDateNotes NRHP-listed
Alice South Texas Panorama South Texas Panorama (Mural, Alice, Texas Post Office) SAAM-1968.115 1.jpg Warren Hunter 1939Relocated to the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1968 [6]
Alpine View of Alpine 121-CMS-5A-65.jpg Jose Moya del Pino 1940oil on masonite
Alvin Emigrants at Nightfall Loren Mozley 1942oil on canvas; Alvin Historical Museum
J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse,

Amarillo

Cattle Loading, Cattle Branding, Oil Gang Plow, Dick Harrow 121-CMS-5A-64.jpg Julius Woeltz 1941oil on canvas
Coronado's Expedition in the Palo Duro Canyon
Anson Cowboy Dance Cowboy Dance (mural study, Anson, Texas Post Office) SAAM-1962.8.46 2.jpg Jenne Magafan 1939oil on canvas
Arlington Gathering Pecans Otis Dozier 1941oil on canvas
Big Spring Old Pioneers Big Spring Former Post Office Mural.jpg Peter Hurd 1938fresco
Brady Texas Immigrants Brady tx post office mural.jpg Gordon K. Grant 1939oil on canvas
Brownfield Ranchers of the Panhandle Fighting Prairie Fire with Skinned Steer Frank Mechau 1940oil on canvas; relocated to the Brownfield Police Headquarters [7]
Caldwell Indians Moving Indians Moving (mural study, Caldwell, Texas Post Office) .jpg Suzanne Scheuer 1939oil on canvas, relocated to Burleson County Courthouse [8] ; a colored pencil on paperboard study is at Smithsonian Art Museum [9]
Canyon Strays Frances Ankrom 1939oil on canvas; relocated to the new Canyon Post Office
Center Logging Scene Edward Chavez 1941oil on canvas
Clifton Texas Longhorns – A Vanishing Breed Clifton post office mural.jpg Ila Turner McAfee 1941oil on canvas
College Station Good Technique – Good Harvest "Good Technique - Good Harvest" by Victor Arnautoff (cropped).jpg Victor Arnautoff 1938oil on canvas; mural is missing
Conroe Early Texans Early Texans (mural study, Conroe, Texas Post Office) SAAM-1974.28.26 1.jpg Nicholas Lyon 1938oil on canvas; mural destroyed, a study is in the Smithsonian Museum of American Art [10]
Cooper Before the Fencing of Delta County Cooper tx post office mural.jpg Lloyd Goff 1939oil on canvas
Corpus Christi The Sea: Port Activities and Harbor Activities Howard Cook 1941tempera; relocated to the Nueces County Courthouse [11]
The Land: Agriculture, Mineral Resources and Ranchingtempera
Dallas Eastbound Mail StagePeter HurdCommission awarded but not completed [12]
Air Mail Over Texas1940
Pioneer Homebuilders
Decatur Texas Plains Ray Strong 1939oil on canvas
Eastland Buffalo Hunt Indian Buffalo Hunt (mural study, Eastland, Texas Post Office) SAAM-1974.28.338 1.jpg Suzanne Scheuer1938oil on canvas; a colored pencil on paperboard study is at Smithsonian Art Museum [9]
Edinburg Harvest of the Rio Grande Valley Harvest of the Rio Grande Valley (mural study, Edinburgh, Texas Post Office) SAAM-1974.28.25 1.jpg Ward Lockwood 1940oil and tempera on canvas
El Campo Landscape El Campo Post Office Mural.jpg Milford Zornes 1940oil on canvas; mural was "in storage" but now on display in lobby [13]
Elgin Texas Farm Elgin tx post office mural.jpg Julius Woeltz1940
Farmersville Soil Conservation in Collin County Jerry Bywaters 1941oil on canvas
United States Post Office,

Fort Worth

Dwight Holmes and W. H. Baker 1934six murals commissioned by the Public Works of Art Project [14]
Fredericksburg Loading CattleOtis Dozier1942oil on canvas [15]
Gatesville Off to Northern Markets Joe De Yong 1939oil on canvas
Giddings Cowboys Receiving the Mail Cowboys Receiving the Mail (mural study, Giddings, Texas Post Office) SAAM-1965.18.65 1.jpg Otis Dozier1939oil on canvas
Goose Creek Texas Barse Miller 1938tempera
Graham Oil Fields of Graham Alexandre Hogue 1939oil on canvas; on display at the Young County Historical Museum
Hamilton Texas Rangers in Camp Ward Lockwood 1942 fresco secco
Henderson Local Industries "Local Industries" by Paul Ninas (cropped).jpg Paul Ninas 1937fresco; destroyed
Houston Houston Ship Canal, Loading Cotton Bywaters, Houston Ship Canal, Loading Cotton.jpg Jerry Bywaters1941two panels and two aerial views, relocated from the now-demolished Parcel Post Building to the Bob Casey United States Courthouse
Houston Ship Canal, Loading Oil Bywaters, Houston Ship Canal, Loading Oil.jpg Relocated to the Bob Casey United States Courthouse
Houston Ship Canal, Early History Hogue, Houston Ship Channel, Early History.jpg Alexandre Hogue
Houston Ship Canal, The Diana Docking Hogue, The Diana Docking.jpg
Jasper Industries in Jasper Alexander Levin 1939oil on canvas
Kaufman Driving the Steers "Driving the Steers" by Margaret Dobson (cropped).jpg Margaret Dobson 1939fresco; mural has been covered over. [2]
Kenedy Grist for the Mill Charles Campbell 1939oil on canvas
Kilgore Pioneer Saga Xavier Gonzalez 1941oil on canvas
Drilling for Oil
Music of the Plains Music of the Plains (mural study, Kilgore, Texas Post Office) SAAM-1974.28.333 1.jpg 1940oil on canvas; mural study for a planned installation that never occurred. The study is now located at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [16]
Contemporary Youth
Lobby mural "Contemporary Youth" at the East Texas Oil Museum on the campus of Kilgore College in Kilgore, Texas LCCN2015630295.tif
1941oil on canvas
La Grange Horses Tom E. Lewis 1939oil on canvas; mural is missing
Lamesa The Horse Breakers Fletcher Martin 1940oil on canvas [15]
Lampasas Afternoon on a Texas Ranch Lampasas city hall mural.jpg Ethel Edwards 1939oil on canvas; relocated to the Lampasas City Hall. Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition
Liberty The Story of the Big Fish Howard Fisher 1939oil on canvas
Linden The Last Crop Victor Arnautoff 1938
Livingston Landscape "Landscape" by Theodore Van Soelen (cropped).jpg Theodore Van Soelen 1941oil on canvas
Buffalo Hunting "Buffalo Hunting" by Theodore Van Soelen (cropped).jpg
Lockhart Pony Express Station John Law Walker 1939oil on canvas
Longview Rural East Texas Thomas Stell 1942oil on canvas
Mart McLennan Looking for a Home Jose Aceves 1939oil on canvas
Mineola New and Old Methods of Transportation 121-CMS-5A-3-New-and-Old-Methods-of-Transportation Bernard Zakheim.png Bernard Zakheim 1938oil on canvas; destroyed
Mission Scene Along the Rio grande Xavier Gonzalez 1942
Odessa Stampede Tom Lea 1940oil on canvas; relocated to new post office [2]
Quanah The Naming of Quanah Jerry Bywaters 1939oil on canvas
Ranger The Crossroads Town Emil Bisttram 1939oil on canvas
Robstown Founding and Subsequent Development of Robstown, Texas Robstown tx post office mural.jpg Alice Reynolds 1941
Rockdale Industry in Rockdale "Industry in Rockdale", Texas post office mural (29842557872).jpg Maxwell B. Starr 1940oil on canvas
Rosenberg LaSalle's Last Expedition William Dean Fausett 1941mural was destroyed
Rusk Agriculture and Industry at Risk Bernard Zakheim 1939tempera
San Antonio San Antonio's Importance in Texas History Howard Cook 1939fresco; sixteen panels
Seymour Comanches Tom Lea 1942oil on canvas
Smithville The Law, Texas Rangers Minette Teichmueller 1939oil on canvas
Teague Cattle Roundup Teague tx post office mural.jpg Thomas Stell 1940oil on canvas
Trinity Lumber Manufacturing Trinity tx post office mural.jpg Jerry Bywaters 1942oil on canvas
Wellington Settlers in Collingsworth County Settlers in Collingsworth County (study for mural, Wellington, Texas Post Office) SAAM-1974.28.80 1.jpg Bernard Arnest 1940tempera

References

  1. ↑ "Browse New Deal projects by State and City". livingnewdeal.org. Living New Deal. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Park, Marlene; Markowitz, Gerald E. (1984). Democratic vistas: post offices and public art in the New Deal. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN   0-87722-348-3. OCLC   10877506.
  3. ↑ American Art Annual, Geographical Dictionary Of Murals and Sculptures commissioned by Section of Fine Arts, Public Buildings Administration, Federal Works Agency. The American Federation of Arts, 1941 pp 623 – 658
  4. ↑ "Texas New Deal Art". WPAmurals.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Texas Post Office Murals". texasescapes.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "South Texas Panorama (Mural, Alice, Texas Post Office)". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Texas Post office Murals". texasescapes.com. Texas Escapes. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Indians Moving, Caldwell Texas Post Office Mural by Suzanne Scheuer, 1939" . Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Artworks Search Results / American Art". Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Early Texans (mural study, Conroe, Texas Post Office) by Nicholas Lyon / American Art" . Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  11. ↑ McLeod, Gerald E. (February 26, 1999). "Day Trips". Austin Chronicle . Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Terminal Annex Federal Building Murals – Dallas TX". The Living New Deal. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  13. ↑ Park, Marlene and Gerald E. Markowitz, Democratic vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal, Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1984 p 229
  14. ↑ "Main Post Office (former) Murals – Fort Worth TX". The Living New Deal. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  15. 1 2 Justin Hamel (21 August 2020). "Searching for America's 1930s post office murals - a photo essay". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  16. ↑ "Music of the Plains (mural study, Kilgore, Texas Post Office)". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
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