Post Office Mural - Deer Lodge, MT
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N 46° 23.842 W 112° 44.130
12T E 366582 N 5139663
Mural of Deer Lodge's early painted by Montana native Verona Burkhard in 1938.
Waymark Code: WM7KJT
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2009
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This one of six Post Office murals commissioned under this program in Montana. For a really interesting discussion of not only this mural, but also the other Montana murals, be sure and read the website cited below for some very interesting additional information.
The local citizens asked the artist to make Mount Powell more realistic, which she did.
They also asked her to make the tale of the deer black, which she did.
Detail of where she signed the mural.
Excerpt from a small sign in front of the Post Office:
As part of the New Deal program, Verona Burkhard was commissioned by the federal Public Works of Art Project to paint a mural inside the post office. The painting depicts early prospectors and Deer Lodge pioneers Granville Stuart and his brother James. Mount Powell dominates the background.