New Deal Post Office Art in Pennsylvania (listing)

This is a listing that goes with an article in the Sept./Oct. 2010 issue of Pennsylvania Magazine of  New Deal Post Office artwork. If you’d like to see a copy of the article, email the editor.

Post Office Art in Pennsylvania, list compiled by the article author
Aliquippa1 – Oil on canvas, 1938,  Western Pennsylvania ; artist Niles Spencer
Allentown – Oil on canvas, 1939, 10 panels, untitled; artist Gifford Beal
Altoona – Oil on canvas, 1938,  Pioneers of Altoona  and  Growth of the Road ; artist Lorin Thompson
Altoona – Oil on canvas, no date; artist Sterling Smeltzer
Ambler – Oil on canvas, 1939,  The Family?Industry and Agriculture ; artist Harry Sternberg
Athens – Oil on canvas, 1941,  General Sullivan at Tioga Point ; artist Allan D. Jones Jr.
Bangor – Oil on slate, 1941,  Slate Belt People ; artist Barbara Crawford
Beaver Falls – Oil on canvas, 1938,  The Armistice Letter ; artist Eugene Higgins
Belle Vernon – Oil on canvas, 1942,  Men of Coal and Steel ; artist Michael Loew
Blawnox2 – Wood relief, 1941,  The Steel Worker and Family ; artist Mildred Jerome
Bloomsburg – Walnut relief, 1937,  Pennsylvania Farming ; artist Roy King
Boyertown – Plaster reliefs, 1941,  Harvest, Transfer of Skill, Education, Barnyard ; artist Moissaye Marans
Bridgeville3 – Fresco, 1941,  Smelting ; artist Walter Carnelli
Brownsville – Oil on canvas, 1936,  Showing the People in the Early Days Transferring from Stagecoach to Boat ; artist Richard Lahey
Burgettstown – Oil on canvas, 1942,  View of Burgettstown ; artist John F. Folinsbee with Peter Cook assisting
California – Oil on canvas, 1939,  Monongahela River ; artist Saul Berman
Canonsburg – Oil on canvas, 1937,  Beatty’s Barns ; artist Peter Blume
Catasauqua – Oil on canvas, 1936,  Arrival of the Stage ; artist F. Luis Mora
Chester – Metal, 1938,  William Penn ; artist Erwin Springweiler
Clarks Summit – Aluminum, 1939,  Communication by Mail ; artist Harry P. Camden
Columbia – Oil on canvas, 1938,  Columbia Bridge ; artist Bruce Mitchell
Conshohocken – Wood relief, 1942,  Steel Workers ; artist Robert I. Russin
Coraopolis2 – Three wood relief, 1940,  Racoon, Deer, Fox ; artist Nena de Brennecke
Coudersport – Plaster relief, 1939,  Lumbering in Potter County, 1815–1920 ; artist Ernest Lohrmann
Danville – Aluminum, 1941,  Iron Pouring ; artist Jean de Marco
Doylestown – Oil on canvas, 1937,  William Markham Purchases Bucks County Property ; artist Charles Child
Drexel Hill – Wood relief, 1942,  Aborigines ; artist Concetta Scaravaglione
East Stroudsburg4 – Sculpture, 1937,  Communication ; artist (Marguerite) Bennett Kassler
Elizabethtown – Oil on canvas, 1942,  Squaw’s Rest ; artist Lee Gatch
Everett – Plaster, 1940,  Signing the Constitution ; artist Hazel Clere
Farrell5 – Mural, 1939,  Myths of Vulcan and Juno ; artist Wood (Riggs)
Ford City – structural glass, ivory color, 1941,  Glass Making ; artist Josephine Mather
Freeland – Oil on canvas, 1938,  Freeland ; artist John F. Folinsbee
Girard – Wood relief, 1942,  Vacation Time ; artist Janet De Coux
Hamburg – Wood relief, 1941,  Home ; artist Nathaniel Kaz
Honesdale – Oil on canvas, 1937,  Canal Boat, Clearing the Wilderness, Coal, Gravity Railroad, Visit by Washington Irving ; artist Walter Garder
Irwin6 – Wood relief, 1942,  Puddlers ; artist Chaim Gross
Jeanette – Oil on canvas, 1938,  Battle of Bushy Run  and  Glass Industry ; artist Frank T. Olson design and Robert L. Lepper
Jenkintown7 – Tempera, 1942,  General Washington’s Troops on Old York Road ; artist Hersechel Levit
Johnstown8 – Granite, 1938,  Eagles ; artist Louis Slobodkin
Kutztown – Oil on canvas, 1937,  Rural Route Number One ; artist Judson Smith
Lititz – Wood relief, 1941,  The Moravian Communion – Lititz Spring Picnic ; artist Joseph Nicolosi
Mahanoy City – Plaster, 1939,  Coal Miners Returning from Work ; artist Malvina Hoffman
McDonald – Plaster relief, aluminum finished, 1937,  Agriculture and Industry ; artist August Jaegers
Manheim – Oil on canvas, 1938,  The First Orchestra in America ; artist Theresa Bernstein
Masontown – Oil on canvas, 1941,  General Lafayette Is Welcomed at Friendship Hill by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gallatin on May 27, 1825 ; artist Harry Leith-Ross
Mercer – Oil on canvas, 1940,  Clearing the Land ; artist Lorin Thompson
Mercersburg – Plaster relief, 1938,  Good News ; artist Joseph Nicolosi
Meyersdale – Plaster relief, 1940,  Harvesters at Rest ; artist Fred De Lorenzo
Midland – Sculpture, 1940,  Steel Workers ; artist Humbert Albrizio
Mifflinburg – Plaster reliefs, 1941,  Pioneers of the Community ; artist (Marguerite) Bennett Kassler
Milton – Bronze and stone, 1936, bronze plaque – Milton topography; stone reliefs –  Native Americans and mail transportation; artist Louis A. Maene
Morrisville8 – Oil on canvas, 1939,  Canal Era ; artist Yngve Soderberg
Mount Pleasant – Plaster relief, 1937,  Air Mail ; artist Alexander Sambugnac
Mount Union – Oil on canvas, 1937,  The Union of the Mountains ; artist Paul Rohland
Muncy – Oil on canvas, 1938,  Rachel Silverthorne’s Ride ; artist John W. Beauchamp
Nazareth – Oil on canvas, 1938,  Cement Industry ; artist Ryah Ludins
Norristown – Oil on canvas, 1936,  Local Industry  and  U.S. Mail ; artist Paul Mays
North East – Cast stone, 1937,  The Town Crier ; artist Leo Lentilli
Northampton – Cast stone relief, 1939,  Physical Changes of the Postman through the Ages ; artist Maurice Glickman
Northumberland – Red mahogany relief, 1942,  Dr. Joseph Priestley ; artist Dina Melicov
Oakmont – Terra-cotta relief, 1942,  Allegheny River ; artist Franc Epping
Palmyra9 – Wood reliefs, 1940,  Reaping, The Oldest Church in the Valley, Ploughing ; artist Alice Decker
Philadelphia10 – Oil on canvas, 1939,  Philadelphia Waterways with Ben Franklin Bridge  and  View of Downtown Philadelphia Skyline ; artists Moses and Raphael Soyer
Philadelphia11 – Tempera, 1939,  Mail Delivery, City, Country, Northern Coast, Office, Home, Tropics, History of Mail, Transportation by Water ; artist George Harding
Philadelphia12 – Oil on canvas, 1938,  Iron Plantation near Southwark – 1800  and  Shipyards at Southwark – 1800 ; artist Robert E. Larter
Philadelphia13 – Oil on canvas, 1938,  Streets of Philadelphia ; artist Walter Gardner
Philadelphia14 – Stone reliefs, 1941,  Mail Delivery – North, South, East, West ; artist Edmond R. Amateis
Philadelphia14 – Sculpture, 1940,  Law, Justice  and two eagles; artist Donald De Lue
Pittsburgh15 – Oil on canvas, 1942,  History of Squirrel Hill ; artist Alan Thompson
Pittston – Limestone reliefs, 1942,  Indian, Mine Elevator, Campbell’s Ledge ; artist Marion Walton
Plymouth – Oil on canvas, 1938,  Meal Time with the Early Coal ; artist Jared French
Quakertown4 – Oil on canvas, 1938,  Quaker Settlers ; artist Bertram Goodman
Renovo – Oil on canvas, 1943,  Locomotive Repair Operation ; artist Harold Lehman
Roaring Spring – Oil on canvas, 1942,  Mountain Landscape ; artist Elizabeth Shannon Phillips
Scottdale – Oil on canvas, 1937,  Local Life and Industries ; artist Harry Scheuch
Scranton16 – Oil on canvas, 1941,  Nature’s Storehouse ; artist Herman Maril
Selinsgrove – Tempera, 1939,  Susquehanna Trail ; artist George Rickey
Sellersville – Tempera, 1937,  Carrying the Mail ; artist Harry Sternberg
Somerset – Oil on canvas, 1941,  Somerset – Farm Scene ; artist Alexander J. Kostellow
Swarthmore – Wood relief, 1937,  The Spirit of the Post ; artist Milton Horn
Tunkhannock – Oil on canvas, 1941,  Defenders of the Wyoming Country – 1778 ; artist Ethel V. Ashton
Turtle Creek – Wood relief, 1939,  Treaty of William Penn and the Indians ; artist Mildred Jerome
Union City – Wood relief, 1941,  The Lumberman ; artist Vincent Glinsky
Vandergrift – Oil on canvas, 1939,  Railroad Postal Service ; artist Fred Hogg Jr.
Wayne – Oil on canvas, 1941,  Anthony Wayne ; artist Alfred D. Crimi
Wilkes Barre17 – Oil on canvas, 1941,  Anthracite Coal ; artist George Harding
Wyomissing3 – Terra-cotta relief, 1941,  Industry ; artist Cesare Stea
York – Wood, 1946,  Prayer of Thanksgiving ; artist George Kratina
York – Wood, 1946,  Singing Thanksgiving ; artist Carl L. Schmitz

1 Stored at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
2 Missing
3 Destroyed
4 Located in building
5 Painted over
6 Inew post office
7 Stored in local high school
8 Building no longer owned by USPS
9 Currently displayed at Bindnagle Church
10 USPS Administration Office
11 North Philadelphia Branch
12 Southwark Branch
13 Spring Garden Branch
14 William Penn Annex
15 Squirrel Hill Station
16 West Scranton Branch