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Air Mail Over Texas by Peter Hurd
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of Page Conservation, Inc.
Air Mail Over Texas
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of Page Conservation, Inc.

Air Mail Over Texas

Artist
Year1940
Classification painting
Medium fresco
Dimensions100 x 66 in. (254 x 167.6 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934 - 1943
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location


  • Rural scene with a ranch house, mailbox, and cattle against the Guadalupe Peak, the highest peak in Texas.  Overall theme is Progress: Rural Delivery to Air Mail.