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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Gutenberg Showing a Proof to the Elector of Mainz" |  | 1942 |  | New York Public Library |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: 3rd floor--vestibule of Catalog Room |  |  |  |  |  
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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Learning to Read" |  | 1942 |  | New York Public Library |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: 3rd floor, over door to Room 315 |  |  |  |  |  
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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Moses with the Tablet of Law" |  | 1942 |  | New York Public Library |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: 3rd floor--vestibule of Catalog Room |  |  |  |  |  
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							John Tibbetts |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Prometheus Bringing Fire to Man" |  | 1942 |  | New York Public Library |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: 3rd floor ceiling |  |  |  |  |  
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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "The Linotype-Merganthaler and Whitelaw Reid" |  | 1942 |  | New York Public Library |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: 3rd floor--vestibule of Catalog Room |  |  |  |  |  
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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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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "The Medieval Scribe" |  | 1942 |  | New York Public Library |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: 3rd floor--vestibule of Catalog Room |  |  |  |  |  
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							Jimmy Emerson DVM |  |  |  |  |  
	
		
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							Douglas C. Palmer |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "The Role of the Immigrant in the Industrial Development of America" |  | 1935 |  | Theodore Roosevelt Federal Courthouse |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: Ceremonial Courtroom |  | This mural was painted for the dining room at Ellis Island. It was severely damaged in the 1950s when a storm blew the roof off of the building. Pieces of it have been restored and hung in the Brooklyn courthouse. |  |  |  |  |  
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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "The Student" |  | 1942 |  | New York Public Library |  | Mural, 
							
							
								oil on canvas |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: 3rd floor, over door to Room 316 |  |  |  |  |  
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