Let's look for pioneers in Illinois post offices

By Mary Emma Thompson

Subjects: American Mural painting and decoration, New Deal art, Pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life in art, Post office buildings, Decoration

Description: The art in post offices is part of the New Deal Art Project/The Treasury Department Section of Painting and Sculpture (the section of fine arts) created by Franklin D. Roosevelt as a means of creating work for artists and bringing art to the rural population during the Great Depression. The seventh book in the "Let's Look in Illinois Post Offices" series shows photographs of all of the Depression Era art in Illinois Post Offices representing pioneer life in Illinois. The narrative gives interesting details about the times and the pieces of art.