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

Kent, WA Post Office "From Far Away" - wood reliefs Zygmund Sazevich (1941) These murals have been moved to new Post Office building. Images courtesy of the USPS Photographs taken by Tim Swett

Reference Source:
Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
by Marlene Park & Gerald E. Markowitz

Thanks to Jimmy Emerson who contributed the photographs!

Look for photographs of Post Office exteriors at the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) Post Office photo page: http://www.postmarks.org/photos

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