Across from the mural, City Government, this one of the city council shows governmental process at an official meeting with the mayor, aldermen and various officials. A key to the actual individuals depicted hangs below the mural. Winter’s figures are typically formal and statuesque.

The map of Gloucester on the back wall shows its wards in different colors. Interestingly, at the smaller table in the foreground are a Gloucester Daily Times and a Boston Globe reporter. Proceedings are meant to be transparent to the public, especially significant during the Depression and WPA when the role and responsibility of government was uppermost in people’s minds.

Though the white suit on a City Solicitor lets us know the scene is in the busy Gloucester summer season, the artificial light shows us that this is a night meeting.

The thirty-three figures in this mural are all realistic portraits of city officials, employees and other participants in city activities. Please note the incomplete key to the figures below the mural.