ADDRESS: 55 N. Broadway, Pitman, New Jersey 08071
ARTIST: Nathaniel Choate
TITLE: The Four Winds
MEDIUM: Plaster (relief)
STATUS: The Pitman post office is still an active, operating facility, and the relief can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1935
My apologies to the man who was trying to park in front of the building? I was standing right next to the curb and he was trying to back into a parking space. He honked, but when I didn’t move, he keep honking, until eventually I moved.
There was plenty of room to park, and I really wasn’t in the way. But since his honking didn’t seem to stop, I moved to accommodate his desire for me to get out of the way.
When he got out of the car he asked if I was one of those YouTuber’s or social media people, with a not so enthusiastic tone in his voice. He was clearly agitated that I was in his way. So sorry sir, but you could have kept backing up. I really wasn’t in your way.
Such is life photographing post offices.
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 5/19/21 about 12:07 PM by David W. Gates Jr.
- (affiliate link) New Jersey Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
- United States Postal Service
- (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
