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.
| Location | Mural title | Image | Artist | Date | Notes | NRHP
listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | 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] |
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| 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] |
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| Poteau | Cotton | Joan Cunningham | 1940 | oil on canvas | ||
| Purcell | The Roundup | Fred Conway | 1940 | oil on canvas
Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition |
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| Sayre | The Opening of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Country | 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 |