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Airmail (fresco)

Airmail
ArtistEdwin Boyd Johnson
Year1937
MediumFresco
LocationMelrose Park, Illinois, United States

Airmail is a 4-by-8-foot (1.2 × 2.4 m) fresco painting by American artist Edwin Boyd Johnson. Located in Melrose Park, Illinois, it was painted in 1937, in what was then the village's post office, and has since become its public library.[1]

The fresco features a giant barefoot and bare-chested male mailman flying over a town scene whilst holding a winged letter. An airplane is seen in the skies behind him.[1][2] This was chosen as Melrose Park was one of the first airmail facilities used by the United States Post Service and the fresco was painted to commemorate it.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Melrose Park Public Library Mural – Melrose Park IL". Living New Deal. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ct was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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