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Municipal Improvements – Upper Marlboro MD

According to WPA records in the National Archives, the WPA constructed a sanitary sewer system and disposal plant and a town water supply system for Upper Marlboro in 1936.

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal, Water Supply
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Prince George’s County Library Mural – Upper Marlboro MD

Mitchell Jamieson painted this mural “Tobacco Cutters” in 1938 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in what was previously the post office.

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA), Arts Programs

Public Library (former Post Office) – Upper Marlboro MD

Upper Marlboro Library

The public library building in Upper Marlboro used to be the town Post Office, built in 1936 – one of  1,100 post offices built by the U.S. Treasury Department as part of the New Deal.  Today, it serves as the… read more

Project type: Federal Facilities, Education and Health, Libraries, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations

Upper Marlboro Library: Jamieson Mural – Upper Marlboro MD

"Tobacco Cutters"

Mitchell Jamieson painted the mural “Tobacco Cutters” in 1938 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts to hang in the former Upper Marlboro post office. The building is now the Upper Marlboro branch of the Prince George’s County public library…. read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA), Arts Programs

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