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					|  |  | Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©.  All rights reserved. |  | Photo (detail):
							
							Jimmy Emerson, DVM |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Contemporary Youth" |  | 1941 |  | East Texas Oil Museum |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: Main lobby |  | Moved from the post office in 1999 |  |  |  |  |  
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					|  |  | Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©.  All rights reserved. |  | Photo (detail):
							
							Jimmy Emerson, DVM |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Drilling for Oil" |  | 1941 |  | East Texas Oil Museum |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: Main lobby |  | Moved from the post office in 1999 |  |  |  |  |  
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					|  |  | Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©.  All rights reserved. |  | Photo: 
							
							Jimmy Emerson, DVM |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Music of the Plains" |  | 1941 |  | East Texas Oil Museum |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: Main lobby |  | Moved from the post office in 1999 |  |  |  |  |  
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					|  |  | Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©.  All rights reserved. |  | Photo (detail):
							
							Jimmy Emerson, DVM |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Pioneer Saga" |  | 1941 |  | East Texas Oil Museum |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: Main lobby |  | Moved from the post office in 1999 |  |  |  |  |  
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					|  |  | Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©.  All rights reserved. |  | Photo (detail):
							
							Jimmy Emerson DVM |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Strawberry Culture" |  | 1937 |  | Southeastern Louisiana University, Fayard Hall |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Set of 4, 2-28' w x 4' h; 2-15'6" w x 4' |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: lobby |  | Originally installed in Hammond Post Office. Discarded when post office was renovated in the 1970s, but saved from the trash and moved to SLU. |  |  |  |  |  
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							Jimmy Emerson |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Tennessee Valley Authority" |  | 1937 |  | Federal Courthouse |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: 2nd floor courtroom |  |  |  |  |  
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					|  |  | Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©.  All rights reserved. |  | Photo: 
							
							Seth Gaines |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Tung Oil Industry" |  | 1939 |  | Covington School Board Annex |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: lobby |  | Building was originally the post office |  |  |  |  |  
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