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Offline loneleeb3

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Re: Mural in the Riverton Post Office.
« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2009, 01:45:59 pm »
Quote from: Jeff  Wrangler on February 05, 2009, 12:27:47 pm
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I wanna be just like him when I grow up.  ;D
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You ain't never gonna grow up!!  :laugh:
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Re: Mural in the Riverton Post Office.
« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2009, 12:44:14 am »
No current artist there to-day?
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Re: Mural in the Riverton Post Office.
« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2009, 01:31:48 am »

Heya,
Well, the artist who painted the mural was George Vander Sluis.  It's called "Farm Scene" and was made in 1942.

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Re: Mural in the Riverton Post Office.
« Reply #23 on: January 26, 2010, 06:40:55 pm »
With the recession, some historic post office buildings are in danger of being closed, sold, or even razed. The Englewood post office has a wonderful mural from 1940 by Boardman Robinson. The Postal Service announced plans to close the building, but public outcry led them to reverse their decision.

No chance of the Riverton PO closing, as it is a busy hub of the community!
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Re: Mural in the Riverton Post Office.
« Reply #24 on: January 26, 2010, 07:51:05 pm »
I may have missed it, but did anyone ever say where a reproduction could be purchased. I have a beautiful pencil drawing that I would love to put with that.
I want to start my own shrine! I have that and I'm framing the invitations I got to attend the indcution of the shirts into the Autry museum and to the lecture "What ever happened to Ennis DelMar".
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Re: Mural in the Riverton Post Office.
« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2010, 08:29:19 pm »
Oh, goodie!! If you're starting a shrine, be sure to post about it on the thread Eric started:

http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,6947.0/all.html

As for a print, you should ask EDelMar if he has one or would print one for you. I'm sure he would. He enjoyed meeting you in San Francisco and mentioned it when we were sending Christmas cards.
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