Country-Post-Ariel-Rios
{{en|1=Mural "Country Post," by Doris Lee at the Ariel Rios Federal Building, Washington, D.C. * Date: 1938; dimensions: 6' x 13' 6". * Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. * Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. * Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,. * Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2009:083). * Forms part of: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Mural information from the General Services Administration:During the New Deal era, rural life was often idealized in art and the popular imagination, while in reality farmers struggled with chronically low crop prices, severe draught, and dust storms. Paintings like Grant Wood's American Gothic (1930) enshrined the farmer as a symbol of traditional American life, strong and enduring even in the face of adversities. Similarly, Lee's Country Post presents an idealized view of farm life, with a cheerful group of rural Americans enjoying the convenience of mail delivery. A farmer and his son (perhaps the same young man who reads the newspaper in General Store and Post Of
- Date
- 2011
- Collection
- Carol M. Highsmith Archive
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 3,680 × 1,885 pixels
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Reason: Carol M. Highsmith Archive: dedicated to the public domain by the photographer.
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"Country-Post-Ariel-Rios" (2011). Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Country-Post-Ariel-Rios.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 134808.
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