ADDRESS: 254 Palisade Ave., Garfield, New Jersey 07026
ARTIST: Robert Laurent
TITLE: Transportation of the Mail
MEDIUM: Stone (sculpture)
STATUS: The Garfield post office is still an active, operating facility, and the sculpture can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the main lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1935
I made two visits to Garfield, the first was very early in the morning (6:13AM). The sun was just coming up so the photos are dark. They don’t keep the lobby open either so I was not able to get inside at this early hour. I ended up circling back to this one later in the day(2:15PM) to get the sculpture and better exterior photos.
Disappointing again to see the light fixture so close and so far down from the ceiling. This made it extremely difficult to photograph with having a weird angle and light fixture in the picture. I did my best.
Little did i know that there is also a signature on the bottom right corner. I didn’t notice this until after I got home and started going through my photos. It’s very difficult to see from below. You have to know it is there and then zoom in with a camera to see it. Lucky for me I did just that. Enjoy!
David W. Gates Jr.
“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”
Sources
- Personal visit on 5/20/2021 about 6:12 AM & 2:12 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
