List of United States post office murals in California

Following is a list of United States post office murals created in California between 1934 and 1943. Location Mural title Image Artist Date NotesNRHPlisted Alhambra El Gringo, El Indio, El Paysan Gordon K. Grant 1938 painted over United States Post Office, Berkeley Incidents in California History Suzanne Scheuer 1937 tempera and oil on canvas 1981 Beverly Hills Main Post Office, Beverly Hills Postrider, Airmail, et al. Charles Kassler 1936 fresco 1985 Burbank People of Burbank Barse Miller 1940 1985 Calexico Lettuce Workers George Samerjan 1942 tempera on gesso; now privately owned Canoga Park Palomino Ponies Maynard Dixon 1942 Claremont Pomona Valley Life, 1930 Milford Zornes 1937oil on canvas California Landscape Compton Early California James Redmond 1936 Culver City Studio Lot George Samerjan 1942 tempera United States Post Office and Courthouse, Eureka Mining and Forestry Tom Laman 1936 tempera on canvas; restored and relocated to the United States federal courthouse in McKinleyville 1983 Water and Land Fullerton Orange Pickers Paul Julian 1942 oil on canvas Hayward Rural Landscape Tom E. Lewis 1938 Huntington Park History of California Norman S. Chamberlain 1937 oil on canvas seven panels La Jolla Scenic View of the Village Belle Baranceanu 1936 oil on canvas Lancaster Hauling Water Pipe through Antelope Valley Jose Moya del Pino 1941 oil on canvas U.S. Post Office – Los Angeles Terminal Annex, Los Angeles Cultural Contributions of North, South and Central America Boris Deutsch 1944 fresco, eleven lunettes 1985 Spring Street Courthouse Los Angeles Los Angeles — Prehistoric and Spanish Colonial Edward Biberman 1940 2006 Creative Man 1941 in storage Life on the Old Spanish and American Ranchos Lucien Labaudt 1938 Los Banos Early Spanish Caballeros Lew E. Davis 1940 on display at Milliken Museum Manteca Rural Life Conrad Buff 1940 Missing or destroyed Martinez The Road to Eldorado Edith HamlinMaynard Dixon 1939 oil on canvas Maywood Industry George Samerjan 1939 missing or destroyed United States Post Office, Merced Jedediah Smith Crossing the Merced River Helen Katharine Forbes 1937 tempera 1983 Vacheros Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli El Viejo Post Office, Modesto Irrigation Ray Boynton 1936 Agricultural Products of the Valley Harvesting of Grapes Packing Cheese Grain Harvesting Meatpacking Sorting Grapes Tractor and Plow Monrovia Grizzly Bear and Cubs Helen Katharine Forbes 1940 restored and on display at Monrovia Public Library Montebello Fiesta Procession in Old California Clay Spohn 1938 tempera, destroyed Monterey Monterey Bay Henrietta Shore 1937 Oceanside Air Mail Elise Seeds 1937 oil on canvas Ontario The Dream Nellie G. Best 1942 oil on canvas The Reality Oxnard Oxnard Panorama Daniel M. Mendelowitz 1941 Pacific Grove Lovers Point Victor Arnautoff 1940 Placerville Forest Genetics Tom E. Lewis 1941 oil on canvas Redondo Beach Excursion Train and Picknickers in the Nineties Paul Sample 1937 oil on canvas Fishing from Redondo Rock Sheep Farming and Ocean near Redondo Redwood City Flower Farming and Vegetable Raising Jose Moya del Pino 1937 oil on canvas Reedley Grape Pickers Boris Deutsch 1941 oil on canvas Richmond Richmond – Industrial City Victor Arnautoff 1941 oil on canvas; missing 1976–2014; restored in 2020 and installed at the Richmond Museum of History and Culture Saint Helena Grape Pickers Lew Keller 1942 oil on canvasSan FranciscoHistory of San FranciscoAnton Refregier1946–48tempera on gesso1979 San Gabriel San Gabriel County Ray Strong 1938 oil on canvas; located in the office of the postmaster San Mateo Life in Early California Tom Laman 1935 egg tempera on plasterboard. set of three murals 1988 United States Post Office, San Pedro Mail Transportation Fletcher Martin 1938 oil on canvas 1985 San Rafael San Rafael Creek – 1851 Oscar Galgiani 1937 oil on paperboard Santa Cruz Cabbage Culture Henrietta Shore 1936 oil on canvas 1985 Limestone Quarries Artichoke Raising Fishing Industry Sebastopol Agriculture Malette Dean 1937 oil on canvas Selma Land of Irrigation Norman S. Chamberlain 1938 oil on canvas South Pasadena The Stage Coach John Law Walker 1937 oil on canvas South San Francisco South San Francisco, Past and Present Victor Arnautoff 1941 oil on canvas Stockton Modern Transportation of the Mails Frank Bergman 1936 oil on canvas The U.S. Mail Stage Coach Jose Moya del Pino Susanville Deer Helen Katharine Forbes 1939 egg tempera Tracy Overland Pioneers Edith Hamlin 1938 oil on canvas, currently missing Spaniards oil on canvasDays of First Railroad oil on canvas Turlock Arrival of the Stage James Albert Holden 1938 oil on canvas Ukiah Resources of the Soil Ben Cunningham 1938 egg tempera; moved to Ukiah Civic Center/Ukiah City Hall Vacaville Fruit Season, Vacaville Emrich Nicholson 1939 oil on canvas, now privately owned Venice The Story of Venice Edward Biberman 1941 oil-wax emulsion on canvas; now privately owned by Joel Silver VenturaAgriculture and Industries of VenturaGordon K. Grant1938oil on canvas Whittier Boy with Sheep Tom Laman 1938 tempera, painted over Woodland Farm Life George Harris 1937 Woodland The Trek of Father Crespi, 1777 Katherine S. Works 1938 destroyed

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