Archives for June 2021

ADDRESS: 4608 Tonnelle Ave., North Bergen, New Jersey 07047
ARTIST: Avery Fischer Johnson
TITLE: Purchase of Territory of North Bergen from the Indians
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The North Bergen post office is still an active, operating facility, and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1939

You should have seen me trying to get the exterior photos of this one. Ha! All I gotta say is Tonnelle Ave, is a very busy street with LOADS of traffic. I honestly don’t remember how much time I spent here, but it was a while waiting for that perfect moment to get the unobstructed photos you see here.

I think it was a bargain we negotiated with the Indians for their land.

David W. Gates Jr.

Sources

• Personal visit on 5/20/21 about 3:45 PM by David W. Gates Jr.
• (affiliate link) New Jersey Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
• United States Postal Service
• (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover]  Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz