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"Airmail"
Photo:  Fidencio Marbella
 
"Airmail"
1937
Melrose Park Public Library
Mural, fresco
8' long, 4 1/2 high
Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts
Location: In Melrose Park Historic Center, connected to the Melrose Park Library
The Melrose Park Library is located in the building that was previously the main post office for Melrose Park. In 2007 "Airmail" was rediscovered hidden by a drop ceiling.
Restored by Parma Conservation and returned to Melrose Park in 2010.
"Great Men of Medicine"
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
 
"Great Men of Medicine"
1938
UI Medical Center, College of Medicine
Mural, fresco
9 panels, each 1' x 1'
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: Alumni-Faculty Lounge
The "great men" depicted are Pare (shown in photo), Pasteur, Darwin, Lister, Jenner, Koch, Virchow, Melpighi, and Harvey
"People of the Soil"
Used with permission of the United States Postal ServiceĀ©. All rights reserved.
Photo (detail): Jimmy Emerson, DVM
 
"People of the Soil"
1939
Old Dickson Post Office
Tempera on plaster
Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts
Location: Old post office lobby
"The Old Days"
Used with permission of the United States Postal ServiceĀ©. All rights reserved.
Photo (detail): Seth Gaines
 
"The Old Days"
1941
Tuscola Post Office
Mural, oil on canvas
Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts
Location: lobby