"Airmail is a 4-by-8-foot (1.2 × 2.4 m) American fresco painting by Edwin Boyd Johnson. It was painted in 1937 and was originally located in the Melrose Park, Illinois, United States Post Office, which later became the village's public library. The fresco features a giant barefoot and bare-chested male mailman flying over a town scene whilst holding a winged letter. An airplane is seen in the skies behind him. This was chosen as Melrose Park was one of the first airmail facilities used by the United States Post Service and the fresco was painted to commemorate it. ..."
Wikipedia, W - Edwin Boyd Johnson
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