Eastland's Postal
Memorial in located inside the Post
Office on Main Street and is available for viewing 7
days a week. It's two major attractions are the Stamp
Mural and the "Buffalo Hunt" mural.
Stamp
Mural
Created by Marene Johnson Johnson who was the
Postmistress from 1957-1968,
used 11,217 stamps to create this 7-year stamp window
project as her gift. The central image of Benjamin
Franklin is flanked by other stamps depicting the United
Nations Emblem, portraits of Martha Washington and
Abraham Lincoln, a map of Texas, motifs of progress in
American communication and industry, military forces,
and education.
"Buffalo Hunt" Mural
The mural depicts Indian braves, hunting and killing
buffalo on a typically rugged terrain. The Department of
Fine Arts, of the U.S. Treasury Department, commissioned
Suzanne Scheuer. of San Francisco, California, to design
and paint the mural. The artist painted the scene on
heavy canvas and brought it to Texas. It was then
installed under the artist's direction on December 7,
1938. The earth tone colors have stayed clear and vivid
through many years of daily use of the post office
building.
