tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post6067061613163133312..comments2024-03-28T00:22:13.698-07:00Comments on Just A Car Guy: Today I learned.... that the Post Office benefitted from the Works Progress Administration federal program, where 1,371 murals were painted about the local history of about 1,300 cities and towns, and the paintings were hung in, or painted on the walls of post offices.Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-51906698417052614602021-08-30T07:23:45.688-07:002021-08-30T07:23:45.688-07:00Hello fellow Yooper! I was looking at all of the W...Hello fellow Yooper! I was looking at all of the WPA art in the yoop on the https://livingnewdeal.org/map/ map. Very fast way to see what is in a particular area. Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-34977150026455368012021-08-29T16:48:39.590-07:002021-08-29T16:48:39.590-07:00yup, the murals with slaves have been erased in or...yup, the murals with slaves have been erased in order to pretend slavery wasn't a common everyday aspect of American cultureJessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-40253365446533974332021-08-29T14:44:49.896-07:002021-08-29T14:44:49.896-07:00There's one of these at the post office down t...There's one of these at the post office down the street from my house. It was done in 1942 by a man named Avery Johnson, who did a couple of others for the WPA at that time. Sadly, it's now covered because it shows slaves pulling barrels of tobacco. Bill Duganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04315608382785368399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-49199593807952732392021-08-27T09:32:19.769-07:002021-08-27T09:32:19.769-07:00Thanks for this history lesson, Jesse! There is a...Thanks for this history lesson, Jesse! There is a mural at a post office near me, but I don't think I have noticed it before. I'll have to pay attention the next time I am at that one.Marc Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06605121355650119523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-34214424829200089672021-08-27T04:25:20.504-07:002021-08-27T04:25:20.504-07:00Next time your in Manistique, MI stop in the post ...Next time your in Manistique, MI stop in the post office. There is one there.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227114514991782278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-87161519010242046652021-08-27T03:59:18.473-07:002021-08-27T03:59:18.473-07:00Theres one in a local post office
https://digital...Theres one in a local post office<br /><br />https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/4210/<br /><br />It was taken down or covered because it showed black people picking cotton.Twilson66https://www.blogger.com/profile/01518945570533553049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-66386436268324957492021-08-27T02:01:12.162-07:002021-08-27T02:01:12.162-07:00Thanks, Jesse. Wheels or not, this should be of in...Thanks, Jesse. Wheels or not, this should be of interest to anyone who cares about American history.<br />Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11446387470419012485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-19620245779195248122021-08-26T15:15:50.681-07:002021-08-26T15:15:50.681-07:00Thanks for posting them! Anyone going to visit wil...Thanks for posting them! Anyone going to visit will probably arrive in some type of road vehicle just as it should be!Flagghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340328159706259273noreply@blogger.com