List of United States post office murals in New York

Following is a list of United States post office murals created in New York between 1934 and 1943.

Location Mural title Image Artist Date NotesNRHPlistedAkronHorse-Drawn RailroadElizabeth Logan1941temperayesAlbanyEthel M. Parsons1935oil on canvas, map-style ceiling murals at James T. Foley United States Courthouse depicting the U.S., the continents, and Earth's geographical polesAlbionAlong the Barge Canal Judson Smith1939oil on canvasyesAmsterdamDeparture of a Packet Boat Henry Schnakenberg1939oil on canvasyesSir William Johnson Conferring with the Indians AtticaFall in the Genesse CountryThomas Donnelly1938oil on canvasyesBaldwinsvilleGateway to the WestPaul Weller1941oil on canvasBeaconViews of Mid-Hudson RegionCharles Rosen1937oil on canvasyesBinghamtonCommunicationKenneth Washburn1938oil on canvasEight muralsBoonvilleThe Black River Canal – 1845 Lucerne McCullough1939oil on canvasSuzanne McCulloughBronxvilleThe Arrival of the First Mail in Bronxville, 1846 John Sloan1939 oil on canvasyesCanajoharieInvention of a Paper Bag in CanajoharieAnatol Shulkin1942oil on canvasyesCanastotaThe Onion FieldsAlison Mason Kingsbury1942tempera on canvasyesClydeApple PickersThomas Donnelly1941oil on canvasyesDelhiDown-Rent War, Around 1845Mary Earley1940Winner of the 48-State Mural CompetitionyesDelmarThe Indian Ladder Sol Wilson1940yesDepewBeginning of the Day Anne Poor1941oil on canvasyesDolgevilleUnderground RailroadJames Michael Newell1940frescoyesEast RochesterRecreation HoursBernard Gussow1938oil on canvasyesEllenvilleEstablishment of First Post Office in Ellenville in 1823Louis Bouche1942oil on canvasyesEndicottEndicott, 1901 – Excavating for the Ideal FactoryS. Douglass Crockwell1938oil on canvasyesFort EdwardLock on the Champlain Canal, Fort EdwardGeorge A. Picken1938oil on canvasFredonia The Harvest Arnold Blanch1937oil on canvasyesFreeportAir MailWilliam Gropper1938oil on canvasyesSuburban Post in WinterFultonFather LeMoyne Trying to Convert the Indians on Pathfinders IslandCaroline S. Rohland1942oil on canvasyesGarden CityHuckleberry Frolic J. Theodore Johnson1937oil on canvasyes Goshen The Running of the Hambletonian Stakes Georgina Klitgaard 1937 yesHarrisonEarly Days of the AutomobileHarold Goodwin1941oil on canvasyesHempsteadHempstead Settlers in 1640Peppino Mangravite1937oil on canvasyesThe English Dirigible R-34 Delivering Mail to the United States in Hempstead Field in 1919 HomerAlbany Street BridgeFrank Romanelli1940yesHoneoye FallsThe Life of the Senecas Stuart Edie1942oil on canvasyesHudson FallsScenes and Activities of HudsonGeorge A. Picken1937oil on canvasyesHuntingtonHuntington HarborPaul C. Chapman1939oil on canvasHyde ParkProfessions and Industries of Hyde ParkOlin Dows1941yesJohnson CityScenes of post service, local industries, and other activities typical of the communityFrederick Knight1937yesLake GeorgeLake GeorgeJudson Smith1942yes Lake Placid Scenes of winter sports Henry Billings1937oil on canvasyesLancasterEarly Commerce in the Erie Canal RegionArthur Getz1940oil on canvasyesLong BeachThe Pleasures of the Bathing Beach Jon Corbino1939oil on canvasyesMiddleburghDance of the Hop PickersMary Earley1941oil and temperayesMiddleportRural Highway Marianne Appel1941oil on canvasyesMount KiscoIndian CornfieldThomas Donnelly1936oil on canvasMount Kisco in 1850New RochelleThe Huguenots Lay the Foundations of the City of New RochelleDavid Hutchison1940oil on canvasyesJohn Pell Receives Partial Payment for 6,000 Acres The Post Rider Brings News of the Battle of LexingtonNew York City Bronx General Post OfficeResources of AmericaBen Shahn 1939thirteen panels, egg tempera on plasteryesBernarda Bryson ShahnWashington and the Battle of the BronxIrving A. Block1942oil on canvasAbraham LishinskyNew York CityManhattan General Post OfficeThe Triborough Bridge in Process of ConstructionLouis Lozowick oil on canvasJoseph KaplanSky Line and Waterfront Traffic as Seen from Manhattan Bridge Louis Lozowick Joseph KaplanNew York CityManhattanMadison Square StationScenes of New YorkKindred McLeary1939eight panels, tempera on plaster, started 1937yesNew York CityQueens Jackson Heights StationDevelopment of Jackson Heights Peppino Mangravite1940oil on canvasyesNew York CityQueensWoodhaven StationThe First Amendment Ben Shahn1941NyackScenes of local history in the colonial periodJacob Getlar Smith 1936yesJacob PelzmanOxfordFamily Reunion on Clark Island, Spring 1791Mordi Gassner1941temperayesOyster BayScenes of local historyErnest Peixotto1937yesArthur SturgesAllegory of North America receiving mail from worldErnest Peixotto1936Arthur SturgesPainted PostRecording the VictoryAmy Jones1939yes Port Chester Domenico Mortellito 1936 four large murals and nine lunettes depicting dock workers, millowners, tool, anddie workers and the Life Savers BuildingyesPort WashingtonLighthouseHarry S. Lane1937oil on canvasSailingLandscape Poughkeepsie Indian Resting Spot Gerald Foster 1939 A 1690 scene at the "reed covered lodge at the spring place" (Poughkeepsie) where Indian messengers customarily metyes The Ratification Convention in 1788 Old Poughkeepsie View of Poughkeepsie in 1840 Georgina Klitgaard 1940 Contemporary View of Poughkeepsie from the River Charles Rosen 1940Rhinebeck Scenes of local historyOlin Dows1940oil on canvasyesRichfield SpringsLocal landscapeJohn W. Taylor1942oil on canvasyesRockville CentreScenes of local historyVictor White1939oil on canvas, four panelsyesRomeBarn RaisingWendell Jones1942oil on canvasRyeJohn Jay at His HomeGuy Pene du Bois1938yes St. Johnsville Mohawk Valley – Early St. Johnsville Pioneers Jirayr H. Zorthian 1940 oil on canvasyesSaratoga SpringsSaratoga in Racing Season Guy Pène du Bois1937two panelsScarsdaleCaleb Heathcote Buys the Richbell Farm Gordon Samstag1940oil on canvasyesLaw and Order in Old Scarsdale ManorScotiaThe Glen Family Spared by French and Indians – 1690Amy Jones1941temperayesSpring ValleyWaiting for the MailStephen Etnier1938oil on canvasyesSpringvilleFiddler’s Green Victoria Hutson Huntley1938oil on canvasyesTiconderogaThe Exhortation of Ethan AllenFrederick Massa1940oil on canvasyes Troy Legends of the Hudson Waldo Peirce 1938 oil on canvasyes Rip Van Winkle Waverly Spanish Hill and the Early Inhabitants of the Vicinity Musa McKim 1939 oil on canvas yes Westhampton Beach Outdoor Sports Sol Wilson 1942 oil on canvasyes Whitehall Settlement of Skenesborough Axel Horn 1940 oil on canvasyes

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