ADDRESS: 179 Rehoboth Ave, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
ARTIST: Karl Knaths
TTILE: Frontier Mail
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Rehoboth 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: 1940
This was another stop during my August 2021 road trip. I almost bailed on trying to get here. The traffic was horrible with everyone trying to get to the beach. But I stuck with it to get there and get the building and mural images I wanted.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 8/14/21 about 11:07 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
- Cape Gazette (Rehoboth post office painting is artistic link to federal stimulus | Cape Gazette)
- (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
- United States Postal Service
- Smithsonian American Art Museum: Karl Knaths | Smithsonian American Art Museum (si.edu)
- Museum of Modern Art: Karl Knaths | MoMA
