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[The Guardian] Searching for America’s 1930s post office murals – a photo essay
« on: August 23, 2020, 07:01:29 PM »
Searching for America’s 1930s post office murals – a photo essay

Photographer Justin Hamel stumbled on a Great Depression-era mural one day in a New York post office, and was intrigued to learn there are 1,200 of them across the country

The instinct to try to boost morale during a time of hardship and suffering resonates today as we face the pandemic and economic recession.

Almost 90 years ago during the Great Depression, with the unemployment rate hovering between 20 and 30%, the United States government sought ways to lift up its citizens.

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