List of United States post office murals in Oklahoma

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Following is a list of United States post office murals created in Oklahoma between 1934 and 1943.[1][2][3] A number of Oklahoma post offices were listed on the National Register as part of the "Oklahoma Post Offices with Section Art Multiple Property Submission", including those in Coalgate, Hollis, Madill, Nowata, and Watonga.

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Location Mural title Image Artist Date Notes NRHP

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Anadarko Stephen Mopope 1938 oil on canvas; sixteen panels on Indian life;[4] mural featured on 2019 Post Office Murals stamp set
Claremore Will Rogers Randall Davey 1939 tempera on canvas, moved to new post office[5]
Clinton Race for Land Loren Mozley 1938 oil on canvas, moved[6]
United States Post Office Coalgate,

in Coalgate

Women Making Pishafa[7] (aka Indian Family at Routine Tasks) Women Making Pishafa Acee Blue Eagle 1942 acrylic and tempera[7]; mural was restored by Fred Beaver in 1965[8] 2009[7]
Cordell The Scene Changes Ila Turner McAfee 1938 oil on canvas
Drumright Oklahoma Land Rush Frank Long 1941 oil on canvas
Edmond Pre-Settlement Days Ila Turner McAfee 1939 oil on canvas
Guymon Harvest Jay Risling 1939 ?[6] Mural was destroyed[6]
United States Post Office Hollis,

in Hollis

Planning the Route Lloyd Goff 1941 oil and egg tempera 2009
Hugo The Red Man of Oklahoma Sees the First Stage Coach Joseph Fleck 1937 oil on canvas; the original post office is now the Hugo School System Administration Building
Idabel The Last Home of the Chocktaw Nations H. Louis Freund 1940 oil on canvas
United States Post Office Madill,

in Madill

Prairie Fire Ethel Magafan 1941 tempera 2009
Marietta Chickasaw Indian Family Making Pah Sho Fah Solomon McCombs oil on canvas

Solomon McCombs, the artist, was Muscogee Creek. The mural was restored by Fred Beaver[6]

Marlow Cattle Days Lew E. Davis 1942 oil on canvas
United States Post Office Nowata,

in Nowata

Rainbow Trail Woodrow Crumbo 1943 tempera. Artist was Citizen Potawatomi. 2009
Okemah Grand Council of 1842[9] Walter Richard West 1941 tempera. Artist was Southern Cheyenne.
Pawhuska Osage Treaties Olive Rush 1938 oil on canvas
Perry Range Branding Downby the Big Tank Thomas Stell 1941 oil on canvas

Mural was damaged and relocated to the Perry Historical Museum[6]

Poteau Cotton Joan Cunningham 1940 oil on canvas
Purcell The Roundup Fred Conway 1940 oil on canvas

Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition

Sayre The Opening of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Country 1940 Vance Kirkland 1940 oil on canvas
Seminole Seminole Indian Village Scene[10] Acee Blue Eagle 1939 oil on canvas
Stillwater Early Days in Payne County Grace L. Hamilton 1963 oil on canvas
Stilwell Cherokee Farming and Animal Husbandry Olga Mohr 1942 oil on canvas
Sulphur Romance of the Mail Albert Reid 1939 oil on canvas
Tahlequah Choctaw Ball-Play, 1840 Manuel Bromberg 1939 oil on canvas
Vinita History of the Cherokee Nation Randall Davey 1941 tempera
United States Post Office Watonga,

in Watonga

Roman Nose Canyon Edith Mahier 1941 Oil on canvas; controversial in its depiction of Native Americans when it was completed, this is the best-known of Oklahoma post office murals. Shows Cheyenne Chief Henry Roman Nose with his family in confrontation with white settlers.[11] 2009
Waurika Wild Geese Theodore Van Soelen 1939 oil on canvas
Weatherford Terminus of the Railroad, 1898–1901 Oscar Berninghaus 1939 oil on canvas
Wewoka Historical Background of Wewoka Marjorie Rowland Clarke 1941 oil on canvas
Yukon The Run – April 22, 1889, Taking the Lead Dahlov Ipcar 1941 oil on canvas
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