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Post Office Mural

East Texas Oil Museum
Kilgore, Texas

"Pioneer Saga"
"Drilling for Oil"
"Music of the Plains"
"Contemporary Youth"

1941
Muralist: Xavier Gonzalez

Photos by Barclay Gibson
Kilgore Tx PO Mural - Pioneer Saga
Kilgore Post Office Mural - "Pioneer Saga"
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2011
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Kilgore Tx PO / Museum Mural plal
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2011
"New Deal Murals on loan from The United States Postal Service.
Painted in 1941 by Xavier Gonzalez
(1898 - 1993)
For the 1939 Kilgore Post Office.
Relocated (to East Texas Oil Museum) in 1999."
Kilgore Tx PO Mural - Pioneer Saga close up
"Pioneer Saga"
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2011
Kilgore Tx PO Mural - Pioneer Saga close up
"Pioneer Saga"
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2011
Kilgore Tx PO Mural - Pioneer Saga close up
"Pioneer Saga"
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2011
Kilgore Tx PO Mural - Pioneer Saga close up
"Pioneer Saga" close-up
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2011
Kilgore Tx PO Mural - Pioneer Saga muralist - Xavier Gonzalez's signature
"Pioneer Saga" muralist - Xavier Gonzalez's signature
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2011
Kilgore Tx PO Mural - Drilling For Oil
Kilgore Post Office Mural - "Drilling For Oil"
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2011
Click on photo for large image
Kilgore Tx PO Mural - Drilling For Oil
"Drilling For Oil"
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2011
Kilgore Tx PO Mural - Drilling For Oil
"Drilling For Oil"
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2011
Kilgore Tx PO Mural Music Of The Plains
Kilgore Post Office Mural
"Music Of The Plains"

Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2011
Kilgore Tx PO Mural Contemporary Youth
Kilgore Post Office Mural
"Contemporary Youth"

Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2011
Kilgore Tx Museum with Murals
Kilgore post office murals in the East Texas Oil Museum today
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2011
Kilgore Tx Museum with Murals
East Texas Oil Museum with the murals
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2011
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