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MAJOR MURAL PROJECTS
 
Board of Education of the City of Chicago: 2000, 2001, 2002 (53 murals)
 
Belding Elementary School, Chicago, IL: Mural by Roberta Elvis, o/c, 15’ x 5’4”, 1938 WPA.
Clinton Elementary School, Chicago, IL: Murals by Hans Werner, o/c, (2) 5’ x 15’, 1931 WPA.
Dixon Elementary School, Chicago, IL: Murals by Mary Chambers Hauge, o/c, (2) 9’ x 10’, 1937 WPA.
Falconer Elementary School, Chicago, IL: Mural by Florian Durzynski, o/c, 11’5” x 11’2”, 1940.
Gray Elementary School, Chicago, IL: Mural by W.F. Maden, o/c, 23’6” x 4’, circa 1930’s.
Jahn Elementary School, Chicago, IL: Murals by Harry Gage A.I.C., o/c (4) 120” x 60”, 1910.
Jahn Elementary School, Chicago, IL: Murals by E. Betts, Jr., o/c, (2) 8’4” x 3”8”, circa 1930’s.
Kelly High School, Chicago, IL: (7) Murals, o/c, circa 1950’s, (3) murals by Unknown, WPA.
Kohn High School, Chicago, IL: Murals by unknown, o/c, (2) 28’ x 7’6”, circa 1930’s.
Lafayette School, Chicago, IL: Murals by Robert Grafton, o/c, (2) 4’ x 5’, (2) 9’ x 12’, 1926.
McKay High School, Chicago, IL: Murals by Florian Durzynski, oil on board, (3) 4’ x 8’, 1938 WPA.
O’Toole Elementary, Chicago, IL: Mural by unknown, tempera on canvas, 16’ x 4’, circa 1940.
Parkside School, Chicago, IL: Murals by James McBurney, o/c, (2) 10’ x 6’, (1) 5’ x 3’, (2) 3’ x 3’, 1928.
Penn Elementary School, Chicago, IL: Murals by unknown, o/c, (4) 6’6” x 4’6”, circa 1930’s.
Stewart Elementary, Chicago, IL: Murals by unknown, o/c, (3) 79” x 67”, circa 1930’s.
Stone Academy, Chicago, IL: Murals by unknown, o/c, (2) 91” x 36”, circa 1920’s.
Sumner Elementary, Chicago, IL: Mural by M. Reilly, o/c, 146” x 90”, circa 1930’s.
Talcott Elementary School, Chicago, IL: Mural by Alson S. Clarks, 8’ x 4’, circa 1930’s.
Wadsworth School, Chicago, IL: Murals by unknown, (2) 6’ x 15”, (2) 15’ x 3’, circa 1920’s.
 
 
United States Postal Service: 1998-present
 
Wynne, AK, Cotton Pickers, by Ethel Magafan, o/c, 1940
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Madison, CT, Gathering Seaweed, by William Cheever, o/c, 1940
Shelton, CT, River Landscape, by Frede Vidar, o/c, 1940
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Wilmington, DE, (2) ¬¬¬Chemistry and Industry and Chemistry and Agriculture, by Hermann Zimmermann, o/c, 1938
Wilmington, DE, Landing of Swedes at the Rocks in Wilmington, by Albert Pels, tempera, 1938
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Bushnell, IL, Pioneer Home in Bushnell, by Reva Jackman, o/c, 1939
Carmi, IL, Service to the Farmer, by Davenport Griffen, o/c, 1939
Carthage IL, Pioneers Tilling the Soil and Building Log Cabin, by Karl Kelpe, o/c, 1938
Chester, IL, Loading the Packet, by Fay E. Davis, tempera on gesso, 1940
Chicago, IL, Lakeview Branch, Epoch of a Great City, by Harry Sternberg, o/c, 1938
Chicago, IL, Old Post Office, Removal of 13 murals in Elevator Lobby, Charles Turzak, o/c, 1940
Chillicothe, IL, Railroading, by Arthur Lidov, tempera on gesso, 1940
Dwight, IL, The Stage at Dawn, by Carlos Lopez, fresco, 1937
Downers Grove, IL, Chicago: Railway Center of the Nation, by Elizabeth Tracy, o/c, 1940
East Alton, IL, The Letter, by Francis Foy, o/c, 1936
Eldorado, IL, Mining in Illinois, by William Schwartz, o/c, 1937
Fairfield, IL, Old Settlers, by William Schwartz, o/c, 1936
Flora, IL, Good News, Bad News, by Davenport Griffen, o/c, 1937
Forest Park, IL, The White Fawn, by Miriam McKinnie, o/c, 1940
Gillespie, IL, Illinois Farm, by Gustav Dahlstrom, o/c, 1936
Hamilton, IL, Threshing Grain, by Edmund D. Lewandowski, o/c, 1942
Lewiston, IL, Lewiston Milestones, by Ida Abelman, tempera on canvas, 1941
Marseilles, IL, Industrial Marseilles, by Avery Johnson, o/c, 1938
Marshall, IL, Harvest, by Miriam McKinnie, o/c, 1938
McLeansboro, IL, First Official Air Mail Flight, by Dorothy Mierisch, o/c, 1941
Mt. Sterling, IL, The Covered Bridge, by Henry Bernstein, tempera on gesso, 1941
Normal, IL, Development of the State Normal School, by Albert Pels, o/c, 1938
Pittsfield, IL, Champ Clark Bridge, by William Schwartz, o/c, 1938
Rushville, IL, Hart Fellows, Builder of Rushville, o/c, 1939
Shelbyville, IL, Shelby County Fair, by Lucia Wiley, fresco, 1941
Staunton, IL, Going to Work, by Ralph Henricksen, o/c, 1941
Tuscola, IL, The Old Days, by Edwin Boyd Johnson, o/c, 1941
Vandalia, IL, Old State Capitol, by Aaron Bohrod, o/c, 1936
Virden, IL, Illinois Pastoral, by James Daugherty, o/c, 1939
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Alexandria, IN, The Sledding Party, by Roland Schweinsburg, o/c, 1938
Attica, IN, Trek of the Covered Wagon to Indiana, by Reva Jackman, o/c, 1938
Cambridge City, IN, Pride of Cambridge, by Samuel F. Hershey, o/c, 1941
Culver, IN, Arrival of the Mail in Culver, by Jessie Hull Mayer, o/c, 1938
Dunkirk, IN, Preparations for Dunkirk Autumn Festival, by Frances Foy, o/c, 1941
Franklin, IN, Local Industry, by Jean Swiggett, o/c, 1940
Gas City, IN, Gas City in Boom Days, by William A. Dolwick, o/c, 1939
Garrett, IN, Clearing the Right of Way, by Joe H. Cox, o/c, 1938
La Grange, IN, Corn School, by Jessie Hull Mayer. o/c, 1941
Liberty, IN, Autumn Fields, by Avery Johnson, o/c, 1939
Ligonier, IN, Cutting Timber, by Fay E. Davis, o/c, 1940
Middlebury, IN, Early Middlebury Mail, by Raymond Redell, o/c, 1939
Nappanee, IN, Waiting for the Mail, by Grant Christian, o/c, 1938
North Manchester, IN, Indiana Farm-Sunday Afternoon, by Alan Tompkins, o/c, 1938
Pendleton, IN, Loggers, by William F. Kaiser, o/c, 1941
Rensselaer, IN, Receiving the Mail on the Farm, by John E. Costigan, o/c. 1939
Tipton, IN, Indiana Farming, by Donald Mattison, o/c, 1938
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Manchester, IA, Iowa Farm Life, by William E. Henning, o/c, 1938
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Gretna, LA, Steamboats on the Mississippi, by Stuart R. Purser, o/c. 1939
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Boston, MA, Old Evertt Station Branch, Mail for New England, by Stephen Etnier, o/c, 1940
Natick, MA, John Eliot Speaks to the Natick Indians, by Hollis Holbrook, tempera on canvas, 1937
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Alma, MI, Harvest, by Joe H. Cox, o/c, 1940
Belding, MI, Belding Brothers and heir Silk Industry, o/c, 1943
Birmingham, MI, The Pioneering Society's Picnic, by Carlos Lopez, tempera on wall, 1942
Buchanan, MI, Production, by Gertrude Goodrich, tempera (painted over), 1941
Crystal Falls, MI, Extending the Frontier in Northwest Territory, by Allan Thomas, o/c, 1938
Fremont, MI, The Pony Express, by Lumen Martin Winter, o/c, 1938
Grand Ledge, MI, Waiting for the Mail, by James Calder, o/c, 1938
Greenville, MI, Lumbering, by Charles Thwaites, o/c, 1940
Hart, MI, Boy Rounding up the Stock, by Ruth Grotenrath, o/c, 1941
Iron Mountain, MI, Mail Transportation in the West, by Vladimir Rousseff, o/c (5 murals), 1935-1936
Manistique, MI, Logging, by David Fredenthal, o/c, 1941
Marquette, MI, Marquette Exploring Shores of Lake Michigan, by Dewey Albinson, o/c, 1938
Paw Paw, MI, Bounty, by Carlos Lopez, tempera on canvas, 1940
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Canton, MO, Winter Landscape, by Jessie Hull Mayer, o/c, 1940
Eldon, MO, Picnic, Lake of the Ozarks, by Frederic Shane, o/c, 1941
Marceline, MO, Contemporary Life in Missouri, by Joseph Meert, tempera, 1938
Palymyra, MO, Memories of Marion County, by James Penny. o/c, 1942
Paris, MO, The Clemens Family Arrives in Monroe County, by Fred Carpenter, o/c, 1940
Sullivan, MO, Saturday Afternoon on Main Street, by Lawrence Adams, o/c, 1942
Union, MO, Aspects of Rural Missouri, by James Penney, o/c, 1941
Vandalia, MO, Corn Harvest, by Joseph Vorst, o/c, 1938
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Wilmington, NC, Port of Wilmington, by William Pfohl, o/c, 1940
Lincolnton, NC, Threshing Grain, by Richard Jansen, o/c, 1938
Louisburg, NC, Tobacco Auction, by Richard Kenah, o/c, 1939
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Atlantic City, NJ, Family Recreation and Youth, by Peppino Mangravite, o/c, 1938
Cranford, NJ, The Battle at Cranford During the American Revolution, by Gerald Foster, o/c, 1937
Ridgewood, NJ, (2) two male and female figures, by Romuald Kraus, metal reliefs, 1940____
 
Delhi, NY, Down Rent War, by Mary Early, o/c, 1940
East Rochester, NY, Recreation Hours, by Bernard Gussow, o/c, 1938
Fredonia, NY, harvest scene, by Arnold Blanch, o/c, 1937
Lake George, NY, Lake George, Judson Smith, o/c, 1942
Long Beach, NY, The Pleasures of Bathing, by Jon Corbino, o/c, 1939
New York City, NY, Farley Bldg., assessment of fresco by Le Brun, 1935
Oxford, NY, Family Reunion on Rock Island, by Mordi Grassner, tempera, 1941
Painted Post, NY, Recording the Victory, by Amy Jones, o/c, 1939
Saratoga Springs, NY, Saratoga in Racing Season, by Guy Pene du Bois, o/c (2 murals), 1937
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Cleveland, OH, University Center Branch, Six panels on the historical and modern scenes of Cleveland, by John Czosz, 1937
Bridgeport, OH, Ohio Harvest, by Richard Kenah, o/c, 1940
Eaton, OH, Van Ausdal's Trading Post, by Roland Schweinsburg, o/c, 1939
McConnellsville. OH, Mail- The Connecting Link, by Sally F. Haley, o/c. 1938
Montpelier, OH, Harvest, the Annal of America, by Leonard Ahneman, o/c 1941
New Concord, OH, Skaters, by Clyde Singer, o/c, 1941
New London, OH, New London Facets, by Lloyd R. Ney, o/c, 1940
Ravenna, OH, Early Ravenna, by Clarence Carter, o/c 1936
Upper Sandusky, OH, The Mail, by Alois Fabry, o/c 1937
Waverly, OH, Arrival of Packet, by Roy Best, o/c, 1942
Wauseon, OH, Cooperative Planning and Development of Wauseon, by Jack J. Greitzer, o/c 1938
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Anadarko, OK, sixteen (16) panels on Indian Life, by Stephen Mopope, tempera, 1937
Claremore, OK, Will Rogers, by Randall Davey, tempera, 1939
Cordell, OK, The Scene Changes, by Ila Turner McAfee, o/c, 1938
Marrietta, OK, Chickasaw Indian Family Making Pah Sho Fah, by Solomon McCombs, oil on wall, 1942
Poteau, OK, Cotton, Joan Cunningham, o/c, 1940
Sayre, OK, The Opening of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Country, by Vance Kirkland, o/c, 1940
Sulphur, OK, Romance of the Mail, by Albert T. Reid, o/c, 1939
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Somerset, PA, Somerset - Farm Scene, Alexander J. Kostellow, o/c, 1941
East Providence, RI, (5) The Hurricane, Seeconk River, East Providence, The Map, and After the Storm, by Eugene Kingman, oil on wall, 1939
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Jefferson City, TN, Great Smokies and Tennessee Farms, by Charles Child, o/c, 1941
La Follette, TN, On the Shores of the Lake, Dahlov Ipcar, o/c 1939
Lenoir City, TN, Electrification, by David Stone Martin, o/c 1941
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Alta Vista, VA, The Growing Community, by Herman Maril, o/c, 1940
Luray, VA, Luray - 1840, by Sheffield Kagy, o/c, 1938_____
 
Kaukauna, WS, A. Grignon Trading with the Indians, by Vladmir Rousseff, o/c 1938
Oconomowoc, WS, Winter Sports, by Edward Morton, o/c, 1938
Richland Center, WS, Interpretation of America through the Post, by Richard Brooks, o/c, 1937
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FIELD MUSEUM OF CHICAGO: 2004-2005
 
Cleaning, consolidation, repair of (25) “dinosaur murals” by Charles Knight executed in 1935 for the museum. Murals are 25’ x 10’ and 15’ x 10’.
 
 
CHURCHES
 
NOTRE DAME CHURCH DE CHICAGO: 2004
Cleaning, repair of (1) 2500 sq. ft. cupola mural by Joseph Vittur 1903. Murals were damaged by fire, smoke, water, and former restoration.
 
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, MADISON, WI: 2002
Cleaning and repair of (1) 2400 sq. ft. of fire and smoke damaged murals.
 
SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CHURCH, NAPERVILLE, IL 2005
Cleaning and repair of (4) 25’ x 8’ murals in transept.
 
ST. MARTIN DE PORRES CHURCH, PEORIA, IL 2005
Cleaning and repair of 4 fire and smoke damages murals in sanctuary.
 
ST. ALPHONSUS CATHOLIC CHURCH, Chicago, IL
Conservation of covered-over murals in the church.
 
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, Winfield, IL
Conservation of 14 stations of the cross


 

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