List of United States post office murals in Kansas

Following is a list of United States post office murals created in Kansas between 1934 and 1943. A number of Kansas post offices were listed on the National Register on basis of their murals, as part of a study of "Kansas Post Offices with Artwork, 1936-1942".Kansas Post Offices with Artwork, 1936--1942 MPS LocationMural titleImageArtistDateNotesNRHP listedAnthony United States Post Office, AnthonyTurning a CornerJoe Jones1939Oil on canvas mural shows three farmers using a combine to thresh wheat. With .1989AugustaA Kansas GusherDonald Silks19401989BellevilleKansas StreamBirger Sandzen19391989Caldwell United States Post Office, CaldwellCowboys Driving CattleKenneth Evett1941tempera With .1989Council GroveAutumn ColorsCharles B. Rogers19411989EurekaCattle RoundupVance Kirkland19381989Fort ScottBorder GatewaysOscar E. Berninghaus1937GoodlandRural Free DeliveryKenneth Miller Adams1937oil on canvas1989HalsteadWhere Kit Carson CampedBirger Sandzen19411989HeringtonArrival of the First Train in Herington – 1885H. Louis Freund1937HoisingtonWheat CenterDorothea Tomlinson1938HortonPicnic in KansasKenneth Evett19381989Changing of Horses for the Pony Express1939HutchinsonThreshing in KansasLumen Martin Winter19421989KingmanIn the Days of the cattleman's PicnicJessie S. Wilber1942fresco tempera on plaster1989United States Post Office–Lindsborg, in LindsborgSmoky RiverBirger Sandzen1938oil on canvas1989Neodesha United States Post Office, NeodeshaNeodesha's First InhabitantsBernard J. Steffen1938Tempura on pressed wood board "that depicts the friendly relations between the Osage Indians of southeastern Kansas and the early white settlers. On the right side of the canvas Osage Chief Little Bear waves to Dr. T. Blakeslee, a physician responsible for much of the peacefulness between the two cultures." With .1989OlatheThe Mail Must Go ThroughAlbert T. Reid1940moved to Olathe Public LibraryOswego United States Post Office, OswegoFarm LifeRobert E. Larter1940tempera on canvas With .1989RussellWheat WorkersMartyl Schweig1940a harvest scene in a regional social realistic style1989SabethaThe Hare and the TortoiseAlbert T. Reid19371989SenecaMen and WheatJoe Jones1940Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition1989WichitaKansas FarmingRichard Haines1936United States Post Office and Federal Building (Wichita, Kansas)Pioneers in KansasWard Lockwood1936

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