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| Keywords: Off with the yoke of Uncle Sam depicted in post office mural 23336v.jpg en Mail Service to the Tropics 1935-36 by Rockwell Kent U S Post Office Building Washington D C The mural is now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum <br> Off with the yoke of Uncle Sam depicted in post office mural is charge of Arctic explorer Washington D C Sept 10 Vilhjamur Stefansson the Artic explorer today charged that artist Rockwell Kent had painted on the wall in the Post Office Building here an exhortation to Puerto Rico to throw off American Rule The gibberish says Stefansson s translated by his friends and reads To the people of Puerto Rico our friends go ahead let change chiefs That alone can make us equal and free Postmaster General Farley passes the mural each day as he goes to his office Miss Mary eveling is viewing the mural in this picture 9/10/37 Creator s Harris Ewing photographer Date Created/Published 1937 September 10 Medium 1 negative glass ; 4 x 5 in or smaller Reproduction Number LC-DIG-hec-23336 digital file from original negative Rights Advisory No known restrictions on publication Call Number LC-H22- D-2314 P P Repository Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C 20540 USA http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/pp print Notes Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris Ewing Collection Gift; Harris Ewing Inc 1955 General information about the Harris Ewing Collection is available at http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/pp hec Temp note Batch five 1937 LOC-image hec 23336 Harris Ewing photographer PD-Harris-Ewing other versions Ariel Rios Federal Building murals Uploaded with UploadWizard Rockwell Kent | ||||
