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  • Collection: Oakland, Maryland

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The US Post Office in Oakland, Maryland was built under the New Deal's Federal Works Agency in 1940 and features Art Deco elements.

Garrett County farm.jpg
A photo of a section of a Garrett County farm.

Soil buckwheat.jpg
A photo of buckwheat, a traditional Appalachian crop, growing in stony soil.

Mountain people GCMD.jpg
A photo of three men and one boy living in Garrett County, MD, during the Great Depression.

Buckwheat Field.jpg
A man works a buckwheat field in Garrett County, MD.

A clipping from an unnamed Oakland newspaper notifying the public about the upcoming construction of a new post office building.

postmaster to FWA.pdf
A letter from the Oakland, MD Postmaster to the Federal Works Agency, notifying the Agency of the successful and satisfactory installation of Robert Gates' mural in the post office.

gates to section.pdf
A letter from artist Robert Gates to Edward Rowan, Assistant Chief Section of Fine Arts, in response to the invitation to submit mural designs for the Oakland, MD post office. Gates notes that the area is familiar to him and he enjoys painting that…

A vacation guide for tourists to Garrett County, MD.

Oakland additional information for Gates.pdf
Information for artist Robert Gates describing requirements for the Oakland, MD post office mural.
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