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Rural Free Delivery by Henrik Martin Mayer
Photo CreditGSA\Michael Finn
Rural Free Delivery
Photo CreditGSA\Michael Finn

Rural Free Delivery

Artist
Year1936
Classification painting
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions84 x 36 1/4 in. (213.4 x 92.1 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934 - 1943
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • Depicts delivery of letters and a parcel to a rural household, presumably in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.  Postman appears to be on horseback and man aft left receives package.  Young daughter being held by young wife up to white picket fence to see package.  Barn with hay upper loft and horse in background at right.