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							Jimmy S Emerson, DVM |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Early Settlers" |  | 1936 |  | East Moline Post Office |  | Mural, 
							
							
								Fresco |  | 8' w x 8'6" h |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: Lobby |  |  |  |  |  
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							Atelier Teee |  |  |  |  |  
	
		
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						| "Epochs in the History of Man"--Ancient Egypt |  | 1937 |  | Lane Tech College Prep High School |  | Mural, 
							
							
								fresco |  | 12' x 14' |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: lunch room |  |  |  |  |  
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							Atelier Teee |  |  |  |  |  
	
		
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							Atelier Teee |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Epochs in the History of Man"--Middle Ages |  | 1937 |  | Lane Tech College Prep High School |  | Mural, 
							
							
								fresco |  | 12' x 14' |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: lunch room |  |  |  |  |  
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							Atelier Teee |  |  |  |  |  
	
		
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							Atelier Teee |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Epochs in the History of Man"--Renaissance |  | 1937 |  | Lane Tech College Prep High School |  | Mural, 
							
							
								fresco |  | 12' x 14' |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: lunch room |  |  |  |  |  
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							Seth Gaines |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Exposition" |  | 1940 |  | Waterloo Public Library |  | Mural, 
							
							
								fresco: tempera on plaster |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: Wall over Youth Office |  |  |  |  |  
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					|  |  | Photo (detail):
							
							Seth Gaines |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Holiday" |  | 1940 |  | Waterloo Public Library |  | Mural, 
							
							
								fresco: tempera on plaster |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: Fiction Department |  |  |  |  |  
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					|  |  | Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©.  All rights reserved. |  | Photo (detail):
							
							Seth Gaines |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Natural Resources of Illinois" |  | 1938 |  | Decatur Post Office |  | Frieze, 
							
							
								fresco |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: South lobby |  | This mural shows Carl Sandburg at one end and John Deere at the other. |  |  |  |  |  
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						| "Occupational Studies and Their Application" |  | 1936 |  | Bloom Township High School |  | Mural, 
							
							
								fresco |  | 6 panels, each approx. 9' x 4'6" |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: foyer |  |  |  |  |  
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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Petroleum Industry: Distribution and Use" |  | 1939 |  | Department of the Interior |  | Mural, 
							
							
								fresco |  | 106" x 235" |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: 5th floor, north side |  |  |  |  |  
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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Petroleum Industry: Production" |  | 1939 |  | Department of the Interior |  | Mural, 
							
							
								fresco |  | 111" x 235" |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: 5th floor, north side |  |  |  |  |  
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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Scenes of Industry" |  | 1934 |  | Highland Park High School |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | 9 panels, each 9' x 10' |  | Program: Unknown |  | Location: Library, east wall |  | Removed from old building in 1955; discovered in storage; restored and reinstalled 1995 |  |  |  |  |  
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					|  |  | Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©.  All rights reserved. |  | Photo (detail):
							
							Seth Gaines |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "The Development of Illinois" |  | 1938 |  | Decatur Post Office |  | Frieze, 
							
							
								fresco |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: North lobby |  | This mural shows Francis Parker at one end and Frank Lloyd Wright at the other |  |  |  |  |  
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