Shortly after becoming principal of the Newark Valley High School in 1983, Robert E. Gwinn discovered 25 paintings on school property. According to school board minutes of a meeting held September 2, 1936, the paintings were purchased from WPA headquarters in New York City. They were chosen by school administrators for their suitability to hang in an elementary or high school classroom.

From "Treasures from the Basement" by Meisha T. Lohmann (see Read More About the WPA).

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	After the Rain by Jean Paleogue
	Appareil du Plumber by Godwin Earl
	Epoch Louis XV by Godwin Earl
	George Washington by Clayton Braun
	Hunting Range Horses by Henry J. Melay
	Landscape in Jamaica by Stephen Csoka
	Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by [artist]
	Manhattan Bridge by Lucie Bayard
	The Mayflower by Harris Rodrigin
	Poe Cottage by Charles Henning
	Safe by Barnett Branerman
	Spuyten Duyvil Bridge by H.A. Weiss
	The Squirrel Hunter by Warren Wheelock
	Still Life with Flowers by [artist]
	Still Life with Fruit by [artist]