Dardanelle post office mural

Dardanelle, Yell County

Ludwig Mactarian couldn't afford to visit Dardanelle, so he worked from New York Public Library photos and letters from the postmaster. His 1939 mural follows cotton from field to world: pickers, a weigh basket, a textile mill and bales loaded onto a ship. It still hangs in the Dardanelle post office.

Kind of place: Art and murals
Built by: Treasury Section of Fine Arts
When: About 1939
Where: Dardanelle, Yell County
Still there?: Not confirmed lately

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University of Central Arkansas, Arkansas Post Office Murals

Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.