I understand the funding for these murals wasn't always through WPA, but that is how they are known. Here is a link to other depression-era art in Alabama's libraries,post offices and courthouses:
http://www.wpamurals.com/alabama.htm
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
I Love WPA Art
I know it's not technically MCM. But I just love this stuff. This mural is in the ca. 1929 Montevallo, AL post office:
I understand the funding for these murals wasn't always through WPA, but that is how they are known. Here is a link to other depression-era art in Alabama's libraries,post offices and courthouses:
http://www.wpamurals.com/alabama.htm
I understand the funding for these murals wasn't always through WPA, but that is how they are known. Here is a link to other depression-era art in Alabama's libraries,post offices and courthouses:
http://www.wpamurals.com/alabama.htm
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Wow, that looks a lot like the mural in the San Mateo, CA post office!
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Me too! I love it too!!!
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