ADDRESS: 220 South 7th Street, Petersburg, Illinois, 62675
ARTIST: John Winters
TITLE: Lincoln at New Salem Illinois
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Petersburg post office is still an active, operating facility, and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1938
Here is the challenge. When I arrive at a post office really early in the morning the sun is just starting to rise. The sun is right behind the building making it difficult to photograph. Believe it or not this has happened to me more times than I can remember.
I arrived in Petersburg a 8:30 in the mooring on a Saturday. I did my best to photograph the exterior as well as the mural inside. How did I do?
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 4/03/2015 by David W. Gates Jr.
- (affiliate link) Illinois Post Office Mural Guidebook
- United States Postal Service
- (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
