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Pomeroy Ohio Post Office

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Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769
Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769

ADDRESS: 212 East 2nd Street, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769
ARTIST: Seth Mark Velsey
TITLE: Coal and Salt
MEDIUM: Wood (carving)
STATUS: The Pomeroy post office is still an active, operating facility, and the wood carvings can be viewed by interested members of the public. They resides in the lobby on the wall above the retail counter.
YEAR: 1939

I was here early as the sun was rising, You can see the heavy shadow towards to bottom of the image. I actually wanted around a bit for two reasons. I wanted the shadow to dip below the cornerstone and second, there as a postal car to the left side that was in thew way.

When the postal clerks moved the car, and the un was up higher, this made the perfect chance to get the photograph. I hop you like it.

David W. Gates Jr.

Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769
Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769 Carving Coal Detail
Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769 Carving Coal Full
Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769 Carving Salt Detail
Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769 Cornerstone
Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769 Carvings Both
Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769 Carving Salt Signature
Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769 Carving Salt Signature
Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769 Carving Salt Full
Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769 Cornerstone
Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769 Lobby
Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769
Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769
Pomeroy OH Post Office 45769 Lobby

“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”

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Woodsfield Ohio Post Office

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Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793
Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793

ADDRESS: 125 N Main St, Woodsfield, OH 43793
ARTISTS: Joseph Stott
TITLE: The Clearing
MEDIUM: Wood (carving)
STATUS: The Woodsfield post office is still an active, operating facility, and the carving can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1941

Another beautiful day for photographing post offices. This was another stop during my October 2022 road trip.

Great to see a wood carving, most as you know are murals and painted on canvas. This one is wood and on the larger size with a lot of detail.

David W. Gates Jr.

Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793
Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Carving Center
Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Carving Full
Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Lobby
Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Lamp
Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Cornerstone
Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Carving Right
Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Carving Left
Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793
Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793
Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793
Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Carving Signature
Woodsfield OH Post Office 43793 Carving Full

“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”

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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.

 

“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”

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