Paulsboro New Jersey Post Office

ADDRESS: 1015 N. Delaware St., Paulsboro, New Jersey 08066
ARTIST: Nena de Brennecke
TITLE: Oil Refining
MEDIUM: Wood (relief)
STATUS: The Paulsboro post office is still an active, operating facility, and the reliefs can be viewed by interested members of the public. They resided in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1939

This one is unique in that the wood carings are actually painted. This the first one I’ve seen that has bene painted. There may be others, but so far, most wood carvings or reliefs have been just solid wood with no paint.

Seems any sort of hint that I was photographing was not enough to move the dude in the pink shirt. I really wanted better pictures of the bulletin board and old photos but he did not move, even after standing right next to him to take the pictures. oh well. Maybe it would have been rude of me to ask him to move. Maybe he had a bum need or leg and moving would have been a problem. At any rate I got what I could and was on my way.

Paulsboro seems to be a low income or depressed area, gaging by the dilapidated buildings and riff raft hanging out at the little convenience store across the street.

I was not expecting a white Bentley to drive by, but that’s exactly what happened as I was headed out of the parking lot. You just never know what you are going see, driving around photographing post offices.

David W. Gates Jr.

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Sources

• Personal visit on 5/19/21 about 1:50 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
• Borough of Paulsboro (History – Borough of Paulsboro (paulsboronj.org))

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