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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Air" |  | 1936 |  | Gorton Community Center |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | 6' x 10' |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: auditorium |  | Restored 2003-2004 |  |  |  |  |  
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							Image courtesy of Heather Becker, Art for the People, and The Conservation Center at www.theconservationcenter.com |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "American Educational System" |  | 1941 |  | West Pullman School |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | 5'2" x 10'3" |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: ground floor hallway |  |  |  |  |  
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							Image courtesy of Heather Becker, Art for the People, and The Conservation Center at www.theconservationcenter.com |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Americanization of Immigrants" |  | 1940 |  | West Pullman School |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | 2 panels, each 5'6" x 9'2" |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: assembly hall |  |  |  |  |  
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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Community Life of Oak Park in the 19th Century" |  | 1936 |  | Horace Mann School |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | 7' x 75' |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: corridor |  |  |  |  |  
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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Earth" |  | 1936 |  | Gorton Community Center |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | 6' x 10' |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: auditorium |  | Restored 2003-2004 |  |  |  |  |  
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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Fire" |  | 1936 |  | Gorton Community Center |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | 6' x 10' |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: auditorium |  | Restored 2003-2004 |  |  |  |  |  
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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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						| "Going to Work" |  | 1941 |  | Staunton Post Office |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: Lobby |  |  |  |  |  
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							Image courtesy of Heather Becker, Art for the People, and The Conservation Center at www.theconservationcenter.com |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "History of the New World" |  | 1938 |  | Partee High School |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | 5 murals; 1 8'h x 6w, 4 10'10"h x 6'w |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: auditorium |  | Restored 1999 |  |  |  |  |  
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					|  |  | Used with permission of the United States Postal ServiceĀ©.  All rights reserved. |  | Photo: 
							
							Jimmy S Emerson, DVM |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Romance of Monroe" |  | 1938 |  | Monroe Historical Museum |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts |  | Location: On the backside of lobby wall |  | In 1972, the mural was moved to the Monroe Community College library when a new post office was built.  The mural has since been moved back to the original building it was painted for but not the original location over the Postmaster's door. |  |  |  |  |  
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							Image courtesy of Heather Becker, Art for the People, and The Conservation Center at www.theconservationcenter.com |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "The Life of Horace Mann" |  | 1937 |  | Horace Mann School |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | 3 panels: one 11'h x 8'7"w, one 13'6" h |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: auditorium |  |  |  |  |  
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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Water" |  | 1936 |  | Gorton Community Center |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | 6' x 10' |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: auditorium |  | Restored 2003-2004 |  |  |  |  |  
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