Post Office Murals - 9 (Brady, Texas)

Another reason for stopping in Brady was to see the Post Office mural.  It's called Texas Immigrants and was painted in 1939 by Gordon Grant.  It portrays a group of early day settlers into this area of the state who have turned to view a band of Indian hunters pursuing buffalo across the landscape.  Artists who were commissioned for murals for the nation's post offices were given no funds for travel expenses, and Grant, who lived in Santa Barbara, California, could not afford to travel to Texas to research the area in order to choose an appropriate subject.  Instead, he relied upon library research of the Brady area and his own correspondence with the local postmaster, and his mural was accepted by the community as one of incredible authenticity.  He received $620 for his effort.