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| Keywords: General store and post office 24943v.jpg Photograph of mural General store and post office by Doris Lee at the Ariel Rios Federal Building Washington D C Doris Lee 2011-09 1 photograph digital tiff file color accession number Reproduction Number LC-DIG-highsm-24943 original digital file Call Number LC-DIG-highsm- 24943 ONLINE P P institution Library of Congress 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 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Gift; Carol M Highsmith; 2009; DLC/PP-2009 083 Forms part of Photographs in the Carol M Highsmith Archive Mural information from the http //m gsa gov/m/vpb/01028/art_11 html General Services Administration Until the turn of the twentieth century the general store often functioned as a post office for rural communities Even after the Post Office Department instituted Rural Free Delivery the general store remained a cornerstone of the community and a hub of communication In General Store and Post Office Lee shows the store's behind-the-scenes workings on the left while on the right she depicts the front of the store bustling with activity a woman arrives at the postal window with her young daughter who gestures towards a reward notice for the capture of a wanted criminal; behind them a young woman waits to mail a letter; the aproned man at the counter sells various sundries; and to the right a young farmer reads aloud to his neighbors from a newspaper sporting the headline Farmers Organize The open door at the far right reveals a gasoline pump which at the time was still a fairly recent invention just thirty years old and alludes to the increased mobility of rural Americans during the 1930s LOC-image highsm 24943 Creator Carol M Highsmith PD-USGov-WPA PD-Highsmith Ariel Rios Federal Building mural photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||
