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New Brunswick New Jersey Post Office

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New Brunswick New Jersey Post Office 08901
New Brunswick New Jersey Post Office 08901

ADDRESS: 86 Bayard St., New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
ARTIST: George Biddle
TITLE: George Washington with De Witt, Geographer of the Revolutionary Army, Washington Retreating from New Brunswick, and Howe and Cornwallis Entering New Brunswick
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (murals) 2 panels
STATUS: The New Brunswick post office is still an active, operating facility, and the murals can be viewed by interested members of the public. They resided in the lobby on the wall of the main lobby.
YEAR: 1935

ADDRESS: 86 Bayard St., New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
ARTIST: Ruth Nickerson
TITLE: The Dispatch Rider
MEDIUM: Plaster (sculpture)
STATUS: The New Brunswick post office is still an active, operating facility. As of this writing, I’ve been unable to locate the status or whereabouts of the Ruth Nickerson piece.
YEAR: 1935

I was surprised how easy it was to see the two murals here in Brunswick. They are in the main lobby and not too far up on the walls which makes them a bit easier to view and enjoy.

However, I did visit this post office twice while I was in town, as they do not keep the lobby open after hours.

I’m still looking for the sculpture by Ruth, No one seems to answer the phone when I call, but I’ll keep at it until I can find out.

It only appears the post office uses the first floor of this building, I’m wondering if the sculpture is on the second floor in another room or hallway.

If someone knows or has seen this please leave a comment below.

Thanks,

David W. Gates Jr.

New Brunswick New Jersey Post Office 08901
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New Brunswick New Jersey Post Office 08901 Cornerstone
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Newark New Jersey Post Office & Courthouse

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Newark New Jersey Post Office 07102
Newark New Jersey Post Office 07102

ADDRESS: 2 Federal Square, Newark, New Jersey 07102
ARTIST: Romuald Kraus
TITLE: Justice
MEDIUM: Bronze (sculpture)
STATUS: The Newark post office is still an active, operating facility. However, as of this writing I’ve been unable to confirm the exact location of this piece.
YEAR: 1933

ADDRESS: 2 Federal Square, Newark, New Jersey 07102
ARTIST: Vicken Von Post Totten
TITLE: Darkness and Light
MEDIUM: Metal (medallions)
STATUS: The Newark post office is still an active, operating facility. As of this writing, I’ve been unable to locate the status or whereabouts of the two medallions. My research reveals they are considered, missing, lost or destroyed. The bronze statute resides near the courtrooms on the third floor.
YEAR: 1933

Newark is perhaps the most fancy lobbies I’ve seen. I arrived pretty early and got the nice sunrise showing on the building. That is the reason for the nice orange glow of the first few images.

I arrived very early on a Sunday to photograph this one. This was on purpose, as I wanted to photograph it with as little cars or people in the pictures. It turns out this was a great time to visit and that the lobby was also open. So I was extremely happy to be able to go inside see the very ornate lobby and take my exterior sunrise photos. It was a good morning.

I did not attempt to find the sculpture or medallions on this trip. My goal was all exterior images. In addition I knew that I was going to have to make a second visit to get into a few other buildings.

I needed to visit Fort Lee one more time before heading home so that’s exactly what I did.

David W. Gates Jr.

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Newark New Jersey Post Office 07102 Cornerstone
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Newark New Jersey Post Office 07102 Lobby
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Newark NJ Medallion
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Mount Holly New Jersey Post Office

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Mount Holly New Jersey Post Office 08060
Mount Holly New Jersey Post Office 08060

ADDRESS: 28 Washington St., Mount Holly, New Jersey 08060
ARTIST: Enid Bell
TITLE: The Post—1790
MEDIUM: Wood (relief)
STATUS: The Mount Holly post office is still an active, operating facility, and the relief can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1935

This was another post office I had to visit twice. The first time I arrived after hours and the lobby was closed.

The clerk was busy with another customer so I didn’t ask before starting to photograph this one. She immediately got testy and demanded that I delete the images. I politely explained what I was doing but she refused to hear any of it.

I asked her to contact the postmaster, which she did, unfortunately it took a few minutes and I continued to take pictures as it wasn’t going to take long and I wanted to get going quickly.

The postmasters showed up and when I explained what I was doing, he understood and allowed me to continue.

I mean no harm, really, I’m just a history guy interested in your old post office.

David W. Gates Jr.

 

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