List of United States post office murals in Texas

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Following is a list of United States post office murals created in Texas between 1934 and 1943.[1][2][3][4][5]

Location Mural title Image Artist Date Notes NRHP-listed
Alice South Texas Panorama Warren Hunter 1939 Relocated to the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1968[6]
Alpine View of Alpine Jose Moya del Pino 1940 oil on masonite
Alvin Emigrants at Nightfall Loren Mozley 1942 oil on canvas; Alvin Historical Museum
J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse,

Amarillo

 Cattle Loading, Cattle Branding, Oil Gang Plow, Dick Harrow Julius Woeltz 1941 oil on canvas
Coronado's Expedition in the Palo Duro Canyon
Anson Cowboy Dance Jenne Magafan 1939 oil on canvas
Arlington Gathering Pecans Otis Dozier 1941 oil on canvas
Big Spring Old Pioneers Peter Hurd 1938 fresco
Brady Texas Immigrants Gordon K. Grant 1939 oil on canvas
Brownfield Ranchers of the Panhandle Fighting Prairie Fire with Skinned Steer Frank Mechau 1940 oil on canvas; relocated to the Brownfield Police Headquarters[7]
Caldwell Indians Moving Suzanne Scheuer 1939 oil on canvas, relocated to Burleson County Courthouse[8]; a colored pencil on paperboard study is at Smithsonian Art Museum[9]
Canyon Strays Frances Ankrom 1939 oil on canvas; relocated to the new Canyon Post Office
Center Logging Scene Edward Chavez 1941 oil on canvas
Clifton Texas Longhorns – A Vanishing Breed Ila Turner McAfee 1941 oil on canvas
College Station Good Technique – Good Harvest Victor Arnautoff 1938 oil on canvas; mural is missing
Conroe Early Texans Nicholas Lyon 1938 oil on canvas; mural destroyed, a study is in the Smithsonian Museum of American Art[10]
Cooper Before the Fencing of Delta County Lloyd Goff 1939 oil on canvas
Corpus Christi The Sea: Port Activities and Harbor Activities Howard Cook 1941 tempera; relocated to the Nueces County Courthouse[11]
The Land: Agriculture, Mineral Resources and Ranching tempera
Dallas Eastbound Mail Stage Peter Hurd Commission awarded but not completed[12]
Air Mail Over Texas 1940
Pioneer Homebuilders
Decatur Texas Plains Ray Strong 1939 oil on canvas
Eastland Buffalo Hunt Suzanne Scheuer 1938 oil on canvas; a colored pencil on paperboard study is at Smithsonian Art Museum[9]
Edinburg Harvest of the Rio Grande Valley Ward Lockwood 1940 oil and tempera on canvas
El Campo Landscape Milford Zornes 1940 oil on canvas; mural was "in storage" but now on display in lobby[13]
Elgin Texas Farm Julius Woeltz 1940
Farmersville Soil Conservation in Collin County Jerry Bywaters 1941 oil on canvas
United States Post Office,

Fort Worth

 Dwight Holmes and W. H. Baker 1934 six murals commissioned by the Public Works of Art Project[14]
Fredericksburg Loading Cattle Otis Dozier 1942 oil on canvas[15]
Gatesville Off to Northern Markets Joe De Yong 1939 oil on canvas
Giddings Cowboys Receiving the Mail Otis Dozier 1939 oil on canvas
Goose Creek Texas Barse Miller 1938 tempera
Graham Oil Fields of Graham Alexandre Hogue 1939 oil on canvas; on display at the Young County Historical Museum
Hamilton Texas Rangers in Camp Ward Lockwood 1942 fresco secco
Henderson Local Industries Paul Ninas 1937 fresco; destroyed
Houston Houston Ship Canal, Loading Cotton Jerry Bywaters 1941 two panels and two aerial views, relocated from the now-demolished Parcel Post Building to the Bob Casey United States Courthouse
Houston Ship Canal, Loading Oil Relocated to the Bob Casey United States Courthouse
Houston Ship Canal, Early History Alexandre Hogue
Houston Ship Canal, The Diana Docking
Jasper Industries in Jasper Alexander Levin 1939 oil on canvas
Kaufman Driving the Steers Margaret Dobson 1939 fresco; mural has been covered over.[2]
Kenedy Grist for the Mill Charles Campbell 1939 oil on canvas
Kilgore Pioneer Saga Xavier Gonzalez 1941 oil on canvas
Drilling for Oil
Music of the Plains 1940 oil on canvas; mural study for a planned installation that never occurred. The study is now located at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[16]
Contemporary Youth
1941 oil on canvas
La Grange Horses Tom E. Lewis 1939 oil on canvas; mural is missing
Lamesa The Horse Breakers Fletcher Martin 1940 oil on canvas[15]
Lampasas Afternoon on a Texas Ranch Ethel Edwards 1939 oil on canvas; relocated to the Lampasas City Hall. Winner of the 48-State Mural Competition
Liberty The Story of the Big Fish Howard Fisher 1939 oil on canvas
Linden The Last Crop Victor Arnautoff 1938
Livingston Landscape Theodore Van Soelen 1941 oil on canvas
Buffalo Hunting
Lockhart Pony Express Station John Law Walker 1939 oil on canvas
Longview Rural East Texas Thomas Stell 1942 oil on canvas
Mart McLennan Looking for a Home Jose Aceves 1939 oil on canvas
Mineola New and Old Methods of Transportation Bernard Zakheim 1938 oil on canvas; destroyed
Mission Scene Along the Rio grande Xavier Gonzalez 1942
Odessa Stampede Tom Lea 1940 oil on canvas; relocated to new post office[2]
Quanah The Naming of Quanah Jerry Bywaters 1939 oil on canvas
Ranger The Crossroads Town Emil Bisttram 1939 oil on canvas
Robstown Founding and Subsequent Development of Robstown, Texas Alice Reynolds 1941
Rockdale Industry in Rockdale Maxwell B. Starr 1940 oil on canvas
Rosenberg LaSalle's Last Expedition William Dean Fausett 1941 mural was destroyed
Rusk Agriculture and Industry at Risk Bernard Zakheim 1939 tempera
San Antonio San Antonio's Importance in Texas History Howard Cook 1939 fresco; sixteen panels
Seymour Comanches Tom Lea 1942 oil on canvas
Smithville The Law, Texas Rangers Minette Teichmueller 1939 oil on canvas
Teague Cattle Roundup Thomas Stell 1940 oil on canvas
Trinity Lumber Manufacturing Jerry Bywaters 1942 oil on canvas
Wellington Settlers in Collingsworth County Bernard Arnest 1940 tempera

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