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Gunnison Post Office painting

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Call Number	X-9357
Title	Gunnison Post Office painting
Summary	Interior view of the Gunnison Post Office, Colorado includes: the WPA painting "Wealth of the West" by Ila McAfee Turner. The painting depicts a cattle drive with two cowboys, a miner gold panning in a river as a burro stands by loaded with his supplies and a fisherman as he fishes in the river. The landscape also includes: mountains, snowcapped peaks, sagebrush, aspen, evergreens, deer, wolves, beaver, ducks and a skunk. The painting is U-shaped, framing the doorway with two glass case bulletin boards on either side. Informational items in cases include: "Loitering and Soliciting in this building prohibited" "Postal Savings System" "Caution" "Postal Money Orders" "Public Notice;" gold letters painted on door read: 102, Postmaster, Office House, 8 AM to 12 M, 2 PM to 6 PM.
Date	[1980]
Notes	Photoprint shows scratches from original.; Title supplied by cataloger; post-it on back reads: photo from Ila McAfee (Turner) in WHC collection, Gunnison P. O.; R7100093575
Physical Description	1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject	Gunnison (Colo.)--1940-1950.
Source	Source: WPA 1980.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Filename	10009357.tif