January 17, 2002
What my parents saw
GREAT collection of WPA posters via the Libe of Congress site. Wonderful for getting ideas for good retro designs.
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The Norwalk High School, now the City Hall, had a large collection of WPA murals in many of the 'public' rooms. The cafeteria, the library, the auditorium, etc, all had wall sized scenes. Years ago the city realized what a valuable collection they had and removed and restored them. I'm not sure where they are displayed now. To us they weren't art, they were targets. I wonder how much dried creamed corn and peas they had to scrape off of the cafeteria mural.
Posted by: stanley at January 18, 2002 01:41 PMSo when are we going to go on a Norwalk WPA mural tour? Always wanted to. And if it was cafeteria food from the late sixties, it probably helpred preserve the mural.
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