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Of the four hundred New Deal murals depicting American Indian themes in the Sections program, only 24 were actually painted by American Indian artists.[1]
1937 edit
- The Story of Natural Drugs, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, Thomas Jefferson League, oil on Masonite, 5 panels. The panels illustrate the use of indigenous Native American remedies derived from natural sources, by Spanish explorers in the New World.[2]
- Legends of Fernandino and Gabrileno Indians (1937), North Hollywood High School, Los Angeles, California, Fletcher Martin
Date needed edit
- The Jicarilla Apache Trading Post, Carlsbad, New Mexico, La Verne Nelson Black (1887–1938)
- Native Americans, University of New Mexico, Zimmerman Library, Kenneth Adams
- Father LeMoyne Trying to Convert the Indians on Pathfinders Island, Fulton, New York, Caroline S. Rohland
Alabama edit
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USPO Tuscumbia |
Chief Tuscumbia Greets the Dickson Family | Jack McMillen | 1939 |
Alaska edit
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Arizona edit
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United States Post Office, Phoenix, Arizona | Progress of the Pioneer, the Arrival of the U.S. Mail Coach | La Verne Nelson Black | 1937 | 83002993[3] | ||
Spanish Explorers and American Indians | Oscar Berninghaus | 1939 |
Arkansas edit
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California edit
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Colorado edit
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Connecticut edit
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Delaware edit
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District of Columbia edit
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William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building Washington, D.C. |
Dangers of the Mail | Frank Mechau | 1937 | 66000865[4] | ||
University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, Chicago |
The Story of Natural Drugs | Thomas Jefferson League | 1937 | The panels illustrate the use of indigenous Native American remedies derived from natural sources, by Spanish explorers in the New World.[5] | ||
Federal Building (formerly Main Post Office Department building) |
Covered Wagon Attacked by Indians | William C. Palmer | 1937 |
Florida edit
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Georgia edit
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Hawaii edit
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Idaho edit
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Illinois edit
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Legler Library, Chicago | Father Marquette's Winter in Chicago | Richard Fayerweather Babcock (1887 - 1954) |
1934 | [6] | ||
Cliff Dwellers Club Chicago |
Navaha | John W. Norton | 1909-1910 | oil on canvas | ||
The Rookery Building, Chicago | La Salle, 1680 | Gordon Stevenson | 1910 | oil on canvas | ||
Traders Building | Indians and Settlers at Fort Dearborn | Edgar Spier Cameron (1862-1944) |
1913-1914 | oil on canvas restored in 1986[7] |
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Calumet Park Fieldhouse, Chicago | Indian Ceremony | Thomas C. Lea III | 1927-1929 | NRHP 03000788 | ||
Father Marquette with Traders and Indians | ||||||
Hunting Party Returns to Village | ||||||
Indians and Fur Traders | ||||||
Legler Library, Chicago | Father Marquette's Winter in Chicago | Richard Fayerweather Babcock | 1934 | murals is 11' by 18' | 86003169[8] | |
Morgan Park Station post office, Chicago | Father Jacques Marquette, 1674 | Theodore Johnson | 1937 | |||
Loop Station Post Office, Chicago | Great Indian Council-1833 | Gustaf Dalstrom | 1938 | |||
USPO Gibson City, |
Hiawatha Returning with Minnehaha | Frances Foy | 1940 | |||
USPO Herrin |
George Rogers Clark Conferring With Indians Near Herrin | Gustaf Dalstrom | 1940 |
Indiana edit
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Maine edit
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Maryland edit
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Massachusetts edit
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Chestnut Hill | The Reverend John Elliot Preaching to the Indians | William Abbott Cheever | 1941 |
Michigan edit
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Minnesota edit
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Mississippi edit
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Missouri edit
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USPO Columbia |
Indians Watching Stagecoach in the Distance | Edward Buk Ulreich | 1937 | |||
St. Joseph | Indian Boat Race | Gustaf Dalstrom | 1941 | |||
USPO St. Louis |
Cycle of history of the region | Edward Millman and Mitchell Siporin |
1942 |
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Nevada edit
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New Mexico edit
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Gallup, New Mexico McKinley County Courthouse, |
The Zuni Potters | La Verne Nelson Black | 1937 | |||
Rogers Hall New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas |
Dissemination of Education on New Mexico | Lloyd Moylan | 1937 | the mural is a fresco | NRHP[9] | |
USPO Truth or Consequences |
Indian Bear Dance | Boris Deutsch | 1938 | originally installed in Geronimo Springs post office |
New York edit
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Honeoye Falls | The Life of the Senecas | Stuart Edie | 1942 | |||
Scotia | The Glen Family Spared by French and Indians – 1690 | Amy Jones | 1941 |
North Carolina edit
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North Dakota edit
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Langdon | Indians Demanding Wagon Toll | Leo Beaulaurier | 1939 |
Ohio edit
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Oklahoma edit
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Coalgate | Indian Family at Routine Tasks | Acee Blue Eagle | 1942 | |||
USPO Hugo |
The Red Man of Oklahoma Sees the First Stage Coach | Joseph Amedeus Fleck | 1937 | |||
USPO Seminole |
Seminole Indian Scene | Acee Blue Eagle | 1939 |
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Tennessee edit
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Texas edit
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Caldwell | Indians Moving | Suzanne Scheuer | 1939 |
Utah edit
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Vermont edit
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Virgin Islands edit
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Virginia edit
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USPO Arlington |
Captain John Smith Meets the Massawomek Indians | Auriel Bessemer | 1940 | |||
USPO Hopewell |
Captain Francis Eppes Making Friends with the Appomattox Indians | Edmund Archer | 1939 | oil on canvas | ||
USPO Richmond |
Pocahontas Saving the Life of Captain John Smith | Paul Cadmus | 1939 | |||
Smithfield | Captain John Smith Trading with the Indians | William Abbott Cheever | 1941 |
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Wyoming edit
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References edit
- ^ "Flathead War Party: The Story Behind the Hamilton, Montana Post Office Mural" (PDF).
- ^ Gray, Mary Lackritz, A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, foreword by Franz Schulze, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002 pp.112-113
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Gray, Mary Lackritz, A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, foreword by Franz Schulze, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002 pp.112-113
- ^ Gray, Mary Lackritz, A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, foreword by Franz Schulze, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002 pp.108-109
- ^ Gray, Mary Lackritz, A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, foreword by Franz Schulze, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002 pp.24-25
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Flynn, Kathryn A., Treasures on New Mexico Trails: Discover New Deal Art and Architecture , Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1995 p.61