1934Frederick Lincoln Stoddard (1861-1940) and assistant Howard Curtis (1906-1989), painted scenes of the region for the Saunders House in the Sawyer Free Library.Arts and Culture, Cultural Institutions, Art

Barbara Bernstein photographer, Frederick L. Stoddard muralist, Our Daily Bread, 1934.

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Stoddard painted at least ten New Deal murals in Gloucester, mostly for Gloucester schools. One, Our Daily Bread, painted for Central Grammar School, can be seen at the O’Maley Middle School.

Library History – Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library. https://www.sawyerfreelibrary.org/about/about-us/library-history/. Living New Deal. “O’Maley Middle School: Stoddard Mural - Gloucester MA.” https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/omaley-middle-school-daily-bread-mural-gloucester-ma/.

Other Events

1934
The United States Post Office and Customs House on Dale Avenue was completed.
1934
Charles Allen Winter painted the first City Hall New Deal mural, The Founding of Gloucester.
1934
Mark Rothko visited Milton Avery during the summer of 1934.
1934
Marsden Hartley returned to paint again in Dogtown.

1934Frederick Lincoln Stoddard (1861-1940) and assistant Howard Curtis (1906-1989), painted scenes of the region for the Saunders House in the Sawyer Free Library.Arts and Culture, Cultural Institutions, Art

Other Events

The United States Post Office and Customs House on Dale Avenue was completed.

Charles Allen Winter painted the first City Hall New Deal mural, The Founding of Gloucester.

Mark Rothko visited Milton Avery during the summer of 1934.

Marsden Hartley returned to paint again in Dogtown.