In a six-panel cycle for the West Palm Beach post office Stevan Dohanos illustrated the story of James Edward Hamilton, a mail carrier who walked a route along the beach between Lake Worth and Miami, Florida. According to one account, he was attacked by alligators while attempting to retrieve a mail skiff in 1887, and lost his life "in the line of duty."
Special Delivery: Murals for the New Deal Era, 1988