Means of Mail Transportation - Brookfield, IL
Posted by: adgorn
N 41° 49.338 W 087° 50.634
16T E 429915 N 4630390
A plaster work located inside the post office featuring a plane, train and Pony Express rider.
Waymark Code: WMC673
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2011
Views: 1
According to the Illinois New Deal Art website at (
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the work was by the sculptor Edouard Chassaing, is made of plaster and was completed in 1937, commissioned by the Works Progress Administration.
I learned from "A Guide to Art at the University of Illinois" (
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This sculpture strikes me as being one of those forgotten ones that people just pass by without looking up to see. I found it very interesting and worth the visit.
See waymark (
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