08/26/2022
The Works Progress Administration Project part of President Roosevelt's New Deal to stimulate the economy and create jobs during the Great Depression, employed thousands of artists between 1935 and 1943 to create artworks for public spaces. This groundbreaking democratic experiment celebrated and supported American art and artists by providing a source of income, enhancing public buildings, and enriching the lives of Americans in the throes of the Great Depression. Douglass Crockwell was chosen to paint 3 post office murals. One is in White River Junction, VT, another in Macon MI And this one in Endicott NY