Visitors - Southern District of Indiana - U.S. Courts
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N. “Mail, Transportation and Delivery”<br />
In 1935, Grant Christian, a 24-year old graduate <strong>of</strong> the Herron<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Art in <strong>Indiana</strong>polis, won a competition run by the Treasury<br />
Relief Art Project, a depression-era project, to produce murals for the<br />
federal Court House. The panels on the south wall are titled “Mail,<br />
Transportation and Delivery.” From left to right, the individual panels<br />
are titled “The Capital’s First Railroad,” “Transportation and<br />
Communication,” and “Industry and Legislation.” The last panel<br />
shows <strong>Indiana</strong> Governor Paul V. McNutt (with document) and<br />
<strong>Indiana</strong>polis Mayor John W. Kern (behind the Governor) who were in<br />
<strong>of</strong>fice when Mr. Christian painted the mural. At the upper right <strong>of</strong> this<br />
panel, over the sleek modern train is the <strong>Indiana</strong> State House dome.<br />
The center panel shows a city and a rural letter carrier.
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