Post Office Dept Bldg (north - Penn Ave - facade): Advance of Civilization Thru the Bond of World Postal Union tympanum in Washington, D.C. by Adolph Alexander Weinman located in James M. Goode's Federal Triangle area

Adolph Alexander Weinman(click name for more of that artist's work)
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See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 140 Item #4.16; Federal Triangle area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p163 Item #D-19)
Medium: Limestone
Artist: Adolph Alexander Weinman(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Allegory, Mythology
Location: Pennsylvania Ave. between 12th & 14th Sts NW Washington, D.C.
See Federal Triangle areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Federal Triangle(Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 66400030 (dcMem ID #621 )

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GSA website on Old Post Office Dept Bldg
ArtLex on New Deal Art

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