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"Unloading a River Barge"
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Photo:  Jimmy S Emerson, DVM
 
"Unloading a River Barge"
1943
Mural, tempera
Ruth Grotenrath , painter
Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts
Location: As of June 2011, this mural is in storage
Mural was painted for the Hudson WI post office. When a new post office was built in Hudson, the mural found a new home at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend. The mural was never popular in Hudson as it did not depict the area.