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Jump to full article: The Washington Post, 2009-04-13

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Upper Marlboro, Md.: Why did you highlight the WPA murals in New Jersey? There are WPA murals in the D.C. area (specifically, the Tobacco Cutters, done for the WPA Post Office in Upper Marlboro which is now the library). Some of us who grew up here know the scene is North Carolina Burley -- not Maryland Type 32 that's being harvested (different harvesting methods).

Nancy McKeon: We know there are New Deal murals (the Post Office paintings are, technically, NOT part of the Works Progress Administration commissions) all over the place. We just selected a group that might interest people looking at a Travel section

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