The post-Depression post office murals of NebraskaOmaha World-HeraldLearn more about Nebraska's post office murals and the artists who produced them at a free brown bag lecture at noon today at the Nebraska History Museum, 15th and P Streets, Lincoln. The speaker will be Bob Puschendorf, author of “Nebraska's Post … …
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