List of United States post office murals in California

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Following is a list of United States post office murals created in California between 1934 and 1943.[1][2]

Location Mural title Image Artist Date Notes NRHP
listed[3]
Alhambra El Gringo, El Indio, El Paysan Gordon K. Grant 1938 painted over[4]
United States Post Office, Berkeley Incidents in California History Suzanne Scheuer 1937 tempera and oil on canvas 1981
Beverly Hills Main Post Office, Beverly Hills Postrider, Airmail, et al. Charles Kassler 1936 fresco 1985
Burbank People of Burbank Barse Miller 1940 1985
Calexico Lettuce Workers George Samerjan 1942 tempera on gesso; now privately owned[5]
Canoga Park Palomino Ponies Maynard Dixon 1942
Claremont Pomona Valley Life, 1930 Milford Zornes 1937 oil on canvas
California Landscape
Compton Early California James Redmond 1936
Culver City Studio Lot George Samerjan 1942 tempera
United States Post Office and Courthouse, Eureka Mining and Forestry Tom Laman 1936 tempera on canvas; restored and relocated to the United States federal courthouse in McKinleyville[6] 1983
Water and Land
Fullerton Orange Pickers Paul Julian 1942 oil on canvas
Hayward Rural Landscape Tom E. Lewis 1938
Huntington Park History of California Norman S. Chamberlain 1937 oil on canvas
seven panels
La Jolla Scenic View of the Village Belle Baranceanu 1936 oil on canvas
Lancaster Hauling Water Pipe through Antelope Valley Jose Moya del Pino 1941 oil on canvas
U.S. Post Office – Los Angeles Terminal Annex, Los Angeles Cultural Contributions of North, South and Central America Boris Deutsch 1944 fresco, eleven lunettes[7]
 1985
Spring Street Courthouse Los Angeles Los Angeles — Prehistoric and Spanish Colonial Edward Biberman 1940 2006
Creative Man 1941 in storage[8]
Life on the Old Spanish and American Ranchos Lucien Labaudt 1938
Los Banos Early Spanish Caballeros Lew E. Davis 1940 on display at Milliken Museum
Manteca Rural Life Conrad Buff 1940 Missing or destroyed[9]
Martinez The Road to Eldorado Edith Hamlin
Maynard Dixon		 1939 oil on canvas
Maywood Industry George Samerjan 1939 missing or destroyed[10]
United States Post Office, Merced Jedediah Smith Crossing the Merced River Helen Katharine Forbes 1937 tempera 1983
Vacheros Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli
El Viejo Post Office, Modesto Irrigation Ray Boynton 1936
Agricultural Products of the Valley
Harvesting of Grapes
Packing Cheese
Grain Harvesting
Meatpacking
Sorting Grapes
Tractor and Plow
Monrovia Grizzly Bear and Cubs Helen Katharine Forbes 1940 restored and on display at Monrovia Public Library
Montebello Fiesta Procession in Old California Clay Spohn 1938 tempera, destroyed
Monterey Monterey Bay Henrietta Shore 1937
Oceanside Air Mail Elise Seeds 1937 oil on canvas
Ontario The Dream Nellie G. Best 1942 oil on canvas
The Reality
Oxnard Oxnard Panorama Daniel M. Mendelowitz 1941
Pacific Grove Lovers Point Victor Arnautoff 1940
Placerville Forest Genetics Tom E. Lewis 1941 oil on canvas
Redondo Beach Excursion Train and Picknickers in the Nineties Paul Sample 1937 oil on canvas
Fishing from Redondo Rock
Sheep Farming and Ocean near Redondo
Redwood City Flower Farming and Vegetable Raising Jose Moya del Pino 1937 oil on canvas
Reedley Grape Pickers Boris Deutsch 1941 oil on canvas
Richmond Richmond – Industrial City Victor Arnautoff 1941 oil on canvas; missing 1976–2014; restored in 2020 and installed at the Richmond Museum of History and Culture[11][12][13]
Saint Helena Grape Pickers Lew Keller 1942 oil on canvas
San Francisco History of San Francisco Anton Refregier 1946–48 tempera on gesso 1979
San Gabriel San Gabriel County Ray Strong 1938 oil on canvas; located in the office of the postmaster
San Mateo Life in Early California Tom Laman 1935 egg tempera on plasterboard. set of three murals 1988
United States Post Office, San Pedro Mail Transportation Fletcher Martin 1938 oil on canvas 1985
San Rafael San Rafael Creek – 1851 Oscar Galgiani 1937 oil on paperboard
Santa Cruz Cabbage Culture Henrietta Shore 1936 oil on canvas 1985
Limestone Quarries
Artichoke Raising
Fishing Industry
Sebastopol Agriculture Malette Dean 1937 oil on canvas
Selma Land of Irrigation Norman S. Chamberlain 1938 oil on canvas
South Pasadena The Stage Coach John Law Walker 1937 oil on canvas
South San Francisco South San Francisco, Past and Present Victor Arnautoff 1941 oil on canvas
Stockton Modern Transportation of the Mails Frank Bergman 1936 oil on canvas
The U.S. Mail Stage Coach Jose Moya del Pino
Susanville Deer Helen Katharine Forbes 1939 egg tempera
Tracy Overland Pioneers Edith Hamlin 1938 oil on canvas, currently missing
Spaniards oil on canvas
Days of First Railroad oil on canvas
Turlock Arrival of the Stage James Albert Holden 1938 oil on canvas
Ukiah Resources of the Soil Ben Cunningham 1938 egg tempera; moved to Ukiah Civic Center/Ukiah City Hall[14]
Vacaville Fruit Season, Vacaville Emrich Nicholson 1939 oil on canvas, now privately owned[15]
Venice The Story of Venice Edward Biberman 1941 oil-wax emulsion on canvas; now privately owned by Joel Silver[16]
Ventura Agriculture and Industries of Ventura Gordon K. Grant 1938 oil on canvas
Whittier Boy with Sheep Tom Laman 1938 tempera, painted over
Woodland Farm Life George Harris 1937
Woodland The Trek of Father Crespi, 1777 Katherine S. Works 1938 destroyed

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