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Bridgeport Ohio Post Office – Roger

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Bridgeport OH Post Office 43912-Roger
Bridgeport OH Post Office 43912-Roger

ADDRESS: 300 S. Lincoln Ave., Bridgeport, Ohio, 43912
ARTIST: Richard Kenah
TITLE: Ohio Harvest
MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Bridgeport post office is still an active, operating facility and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the public. The mural resides in the lobby on a wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1940

Guest Post – Roger

The mural in Bridgeport was one of the winning entries of the 48-States Mural Competition. It was painted by Richard Kenah and installing in 1940. I love the colors and feeling of this mural.

Today’s featured post is another one visited and photographed by Roger.

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Thanks again Roger,

Bridgeport
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Mural
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Bridgeport OH Post Office Mural 43912-Roger
Bridgeport OH Post Office Mural 43912-Roger
Bridgeport OH Post Office Mural Full 43912-Roger
Bridgeport OH Post Office Mural Signature 43912-Roger
Bridgeport OH Post Office Lobby 43912-Roger
Bridgeport OH Post Office 43912-Roger
Bridgeport OH Post Office 43912-Roger
Bridgeport OH Post Office 43912-Roger
Bridgeport OH Post Office 43912-Roger
Bridgeport OH Post Office 43912 Cornerstone-Roger
Bridgeport OH Post Office 43912 Cornerstone -Roger
Bridgeport OH Post Office 43912-Roger

“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”

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Nashville Arkansas Post Office

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Nashville AR Post Office 71852
Nashville AR Post Office 71852

ADDRESS: 220 N Main St., Nashville, Arkansas, 71852
ARTIST: John T. Robertson
TITLE: Peach Growing
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The mural resides in the lobby above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1939

Is it just me or does the guy in this mural remind you of Freddy Krueger? That was the first thing that came to my mind as I was viewing this mural.

Nashville, was another post office visit during a family vacation back in April of this year. It was raining but, we headed over to the post office anyway. I think we got there right before they closed. Raining wet days are my leas favorite times for photographing these buildings, but since I’m in Arkansas miles away from home, I’ll take what I can get.

The mural is in the retail section of the lobby, which has been enclosed with glass as you can see in the lobby images.

Another challenging corner stone image. Sometimes I wish I had a chain saw to cut the bushes just to get a good photograph of the corner stone. But since I don’t and that would probably be frowned upon, I’ll stick with the angled shot.

Enjoy!

David W. Gates Jr.

Nashville Arkansas Post Office 71852
Nashville AR Post Office 71852 Cornerstone
Nashville Arkansas Post Office 71852 Lobby
Nashville Arkansas Post Office 71852 Mural Center
Nashville Arkansas Post Office 71852 Mural Detail
Nashville Arkansas Post Office 71852 Mural Right
Nashville Arkansas Post Office 71852 Mural Left
Nashville Arkansas Post Office 71852 Mural Detail
Nashville Arkansas Post Office 71852 Mural Detail
Nashville Arkansas Post Office 71852 Mural Detail
Nashville Arkansas Post Office 71852 Mural Signature
Nashville Arkansas Post Office 71852
Nashville Arkansas Post Office 71852 Lobby

“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”

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Struthers Ohio Post Office – Guest

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Struthers OH Post Office 44471 P2
Struthers OH Post Office 44471 – Photos by Roger

ADDRESS: 195 South Bridge Street, Struthers, Ohio 44471
ARTIST: W. Bimel Kehm
TITLE: Citizens
MEDIUM: Plaster (relief)
STATUS: The relief resides in the lobby above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1940

Guest Post – Roger

Another guest post from Roger. This one is from Struthers, Ohio. Very nice building with a plaster cast above the postmasters door.

One of the reason I love visiting old post offices is for the “little” things that you discover. Struthers is a perfect example, which has interesting artifacts and stuff posted in the old bulletin boards.

What is most interesting to me is the newspaper article when the building was dedicated. I’m not so sure the post office would have such a large turn out in today’s world, so this is a neat thing to see.

Thanks for sharing Roger,

Struthers OH Post Office 44471-Roger
Struthers OH Post Office 44471 Artifacts-Roger
Struthers OH Post Office 44471 Mural Full-Roger
Struthers OH Post Office 44471 Lobby-Roger
Struthers OH Post Office 44471 Lobby-Roger
Struthers OH Post Office 44471 Artifacts-Roger
Struthers OH Post Office 44471 Artifacts-Roger
Struthers OH Post Office 44471-Roger
Struthers OH Post Office 44471-Roger
Struthers OH Post Office 44471-Roger
Struthers OH Post Office 44471-Roger
Struthers OH Post Office Cornerstone 44471-Roger

“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”

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