Artist

Selbyville Delaware Post Office

September 30, 2021 By David W. Gates Jr.

ADDRESS: 23 Church St., Selbyville, Delaware 19975
ARTIST: William Howard. Calfee
TITLE: Chicken Farm
MEDIUM: Oil and termpera (mural)
STATUS: The Selbyville 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: 1942

Another wonderful stop compete with mural and challenging cornerstone to photograph. Nice weather and blue skies always make me happy when photographing the exterior of the buildings. I lucked out with the weather during this trip. I’m really happy with both the exterior building images and the mural is wonderful.

Selbyville was another building where the cornerstone is covered up with bushes. It was a bit of a challenge holding them back just enough so I could get a good photo of it. My preference would be a straight on image, but something this is difficult to achieve.

David W. Gates Jr.

Selbyville DE Post Office 19975 Cornerstone

Selbyville DE Post Office 19975 Mural Center

Selbyville DE Post Office 19975 Mural Left

Selbyville DE Post Office 19975 Mural Right

Selbyville DE Post Office 19975 Mural Detail

Selbyville-DE-Post-Office-19975-Muralcrop-scaled

Sources

Personal visit on 8/14/21 about 12:02 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
(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: William H. Calfee | Smithsonian American Art Museum (si.edu)
Ask Art: William Calfee – Biography (askart.com)

Attica Indiana Post Office

September 29, 2021 By David W. Gates Jr.

ADDRESS: 107 E Main St, Attica, IN 47918
ARTIST: Reva Jackman
TITLE: Trek of the Covered Wagons to Indiana
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Attica post office is still an active, operating facility, and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the pubic. It resides in the lobby on a wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1938

I’m grateful for the wonderful weather, blue skies when I visited the Attica, Indiana post office. Unfortunately, the lobby is closed on Sunday’s and I was not able to see the mural. I’ll have to plan another trip.

Note to self: plan your next trip during business hours so you can see the mural.

Update, I was able to re-visit this one in February 2022 during business hours. I love the display case they have in the lobby. It has some great post office memorabilia from the past. Great historical display.

David W. Gates Jr.

Attica IN Post Office 47918 Mural Signature

Sources

Personal visit on 9/26/21 about 9:35 AM & 02/19/2022 about 8:03 AM by David W. Gates Jr.
Indiana Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
Hoosier Happenings Hoosier Happenings: From Attica to Monticello by mail & canvas
(affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
(affiliate link) A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals: John C. Carlisle
Parma Conservation (https://parmaconservation.com)

Rehoboth Beach Delaware Post Office

September 26, 2021 By David W. Gates Jr.

Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 19971 — Rehoboth Beach DE Post Office 1997

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.