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Fort Lee New Jersey Post Office – Guest

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Fort Lee NJ Post Office – Photos Michael

ADDRESS: 229 Main St, Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024
ARTIST: Henry Schnakenberg
TITLE: Washington at Fort Lee, Indiana’s Trading With The Half Moon, The Present Day, The Early Moving Pictures
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (murals)
STATUS: RIP Fort Lee Building, 1937-2023, Murals removed and placed into storage.
YEAR: 1941

The murals and fate of this building remain in jeopardy as the city has plans to demolish the building for park space. I along with others are against the city’s plans and could use any and all resources to ensure the building does not end up with date with the wrecking ball.

Several outlets have written about this one. I’m adding to the discussion by creating this article as another resource we can use to push for saving the building.

If you are interested in learning more please join the post office fans newsletter or contact me directly.

Thank you,

David W. Gates Jr.

RIP Fort Lee Building
RIP Fort Lee Building (photo credit Michael Puma)

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Atlantic City New Jersey Post Office – Guest

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Atlantic City NJ Doug
Atlantic City NJ Doug

ADDRESS: 1801 Atlantic Ave Ste 101, Atlantic City, NJ 08401
ARTIST: Peppino Mangravite
TITLE: Family Recreations, and Youth
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (murals)
STATUS: The murals are behind glass cases and in the lobby of the building.
YEAR: 1939

Thanks Doug for this newest addition to our collection.

Atlantic City NJ Doug
Atlantic City NJ Doug
Atlantic City NJ Doug
Atlantic City NJ Doug
Atlantic City NJ Doug
Atlantic City NJ Doug
Atlantic City NJ Doug
Atlantic City NJ Doug

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  • Personal visit by Doug
  • United States Postal Service

Casper Wyoming Post Office – Guest

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Casper WY GM-2
Casper WY GM-2

ADDRESS: 111 S Wolcott St, Casper, WY 82601 (need to verify)
ARTIST: Louis Harrington Emerson Ronnebeck
TITLE: The Fertile Land Remembers
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Casper, Wyoming post offices was formally Worland, Wyoming. This is still an operating facility, and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the pubic. It  resides in the lobby.
YEAR: 1938

Thanks to Glen for this image of the Casper, Wyoming post office mural. We could use pictures of the building if anyone else out here has this, please contact us.

In 1938, the artist wrote of this painting: “The work is a romantic recollection of the covered wagon and the wild Indian and bison of the old West, who still in retrospect hover over the irrigated fields and oil wells of the present. The covered wagon drawn by oxen is shown inexorably pressing through the galloping figures under the white mans’ determination to open new lands. The landscapes on either side depict the present which was created by these pioneers. The way in which the idea is presented was suggested by the device of the double exposure used in many motion pictures to show the past and the present merging into one dramatic unit.”

The artist was born August 25, 1901, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and later lived in Denver, Colorado. She died in 1980. She studied at the Academy of Art in Fontainebleu, France, and at Barnard College and the Art Students League in New York City. Her work is represented at the U.S. Post Office in World, Wyoming, as well in numerous hospitals, hotels and other institutions in the Denver area. (FA1006)

-Fine Arts Collection, General Services Administration

Thanks Glen

Casper WY GM-1
Casper WY GM-1

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  • Personal visit by Glenn M.
  • United States Postal Service