List of United States post office murals in Louisiana

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

Location Mural title Image Artist Date Notes NRHPlisted
Abbeville The Harvest Louis Raynaud 1939 on display at the Abbeville Museum
Arcadia Cotton Time Allison B. Curry 1942 oil on canvas
Bunkie Cotton Pickers Caroline Rohland 1939 oil on canvas
Covington Tung Oil Industry Xavier Gonzalez 1939 the former Covington Post Office is now The Southern Hotel
DeRidder Rural Free Delivery Conrad A. Albrizio 1936 building now houses the Beauregard Community Action Association
U.S. Post Office (Ferriday, Louisiana) in Ferriday 1939 post office in the National Register-listed Ferriday Commercial Historic District[3]
Gretna Steamboats on the Mississippi Stuart R. Purser 1939 relocated to the Finance Station Post Office building
Hammond Strawberry Farming Xavier Gonzalez 1937
Haynesville Agriculture and History of Clairborne City Joseph Pistey, Jr. 1939 oil on canvas
Jenerette Sugar Cane Mill Hollis Holbrook 1941 fresco
Lake Providence Life on the Lake Ethel Edwards 1942
Oakdale Air Express Harry Lane 1939
Rayville LaSalle's Quest for the Mississippi Elsie Diggs 1939
St. Martinville Evangeline Minetta Good 1940 [4]
Tallulah The River Francisca Negueloua 1938 fresco
Ville Platte Louisiana Bayou Paul Rohland 1939 Relocated from the original post office to the present building in 1971
Winnsboro Logging in the Louisiana Swamps Datus Ensign Myers 1939 building is now a museum. The final mural differs from the study (shown in the image here).

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