Call NumberX-9357Date1980SummaryInterior view of the Gunnison Post Office, Colorado includes: the WPA painting "Wealth of the West," by Ila McAfee Turner. The painting depicts a cattle drive with two cowboys, a miner gold panning in a river as a burro stands by loaded with his supplies and a fisherman as he fishes in the river. The landscape also includes: mountains, snowcapped peaks, sagebrush, aspen, evergreens, deer, wolves, beaver, ducks and a skunk. The painting is U-shaped, framing the doorway with two glass case bulletin boards on either side. Informational items in cases include: "Loitering and Soliciting in This building prohibited," "Postal Savings System," "Caution," "Postal Money Orders," "Public Notice;" gold letters painted on door read: 102, Postmaster, Office House, 8 AM to 12 M, 2 PM to 6 PM.Physical Description1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectGunnison (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710009357Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromWPA 1980.Original Material Found in CollectionWPA PhotosNotesPhotoprint shows scratches from original. Title supplied by cataloger; post-it on back reads: photo from Ila McAfee (Turner) in WHC collection, Gunnison P. O. "Is Part Of" term supplied by cataloger. R7100093575
Gunnison Post Office painting (1980). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 17/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1028667
