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| Title | Great pig murals of the Farmer John brand, Vernon, 1957-1998 |
| Description | Great pig murals of the Farmer John brand, Vernon, 1957-1998. "The great pig mural of the Farmer John brand, Clougherty Meat Packing Company are a totally impressionistic view of 'Hog Heaven,' as seen through the eyes of the late Les Grimes. an Austrian immigrant and former movie sign painter, Grimes worked on the mural 11 years until 1968 when he fell to his death from a scaffold while completing an area of sky in that 'Great Farmland Vista.' Following Grimes death, Barney Clougherty hired Arno Jordon [sic], also an Austrian immigrant, to freshen and continue the never finished murals." -- Environmental Communications, Street paintings of Los Angeles, unpaged, #27-31; http://www.laokay.com/farmerjohn.htm. |
| Subject (topic) |
Street art Mural painting and decoration Swine |
| Geographic subject (street address) | 3049 East Vernon Avenue |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Vernon |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state/province) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Geographic coordinates | 34.00677,-118.218641 |
| Coverage date (for display) | 1957-1998 |
| Artist | Grimes, Les; Jordan, Arno |
| Photographer | Dunitz, Robin J. |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date created (for display) | 1957-1998 |
| Type | images |
| Format | 5 slides : col. ; 2 x 2 in. |
| Format (aat) |
color slides slides (photographs) |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Identifying number | dunitz-1579; dunitz-1580; dunitz-1581; dunitz-1582; dunitz-1583 |
| References | Dunitz, Robin J. Street Gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1993; Dunitz, Robin J. Street gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Rev. 2nd ed. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1998; |
| Rights | The images are accessible for fair use. However, muralists retain all rights to their work, and Robin Dunitz retains copyright for the images. Any requests for permission to reproduce the images must be directed to: Robin Dunitz, 503-577-3842, rjdunitz@comcast.net |
| Physical access | The files represent Ms. Dunitz' personal collection of materials collected over the years of her involvement in documenting and preserving Los Angeles murals. They are available for consultation in the Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library, University of Southern California. For an appointment, contact the Library at (213) 740-1956. |
| Repository name | USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library |
| Repository address | Watt Hall 4d, USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0294 |
| Repository email | afa@usc.edu |
| Filename | dunitz-1579.tif; dunitz-1580.tif; dunitz-1581.tif; dunitz-1582.tif; dunitz-1583.tif |
| Part of collection | Robin Dunitz Slides of Los Angeles Murals, 1925-2002 |
Description
| Title | Great pig murals of the Farmer John brand, Vernon, 1957-1998, detail 3 of 5 |
| Description | Detail 3 of 5 of Great pig murals of the Farmer John brand, Vernon, 1957-1998. "The great pig mural of the Farmer John brand, Clougherty Meat Packing Company are a totally impressionistic view of 'Hog Heaven,' as seen through the eyes of the late Les Grimes. an Austrian immigrant and former movie sign painter, Grimes worked on the mural 11 years until 1968 when he fell to his death from a scaffold while completing an area of sky in that 'Great Farmland Vista.' Following Grimes death, Barney Clougherty hired Arno Jordon [sic], also an Austrian immigrant, to freshen and continue the never finished murals." -- Environmental Communications, Street paintings of Los Angeles, unpaged, #27-31; http://www.laokay.com/farmerjohn.htm. |
| Subject (topic) |
Street art Mural painting and decoration Swine |
| Geographic subject (street address) | 3049 East Vernon Avenue |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Vernon |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state/province) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Geographic coordinates | 34.00677,-118.218641 |
| Coverage date (for display) | 1957-1998 |
| Artist | Grimes, Les; Jordan, Arno |
| Photographer | Dunitz, Robin J. |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date created (for display) | 1957-1998 |
| Type | images |
| Format | 1 slide : col. ; 2 x 2 in. |
| Format (aat) |
color slides slides (photographs) |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Identifying number | dunitz-1581 |
| Rights | The images are accessible for fair use. However, muralists retain all rights to their work, and Robin Dunitz retains copyright for the images. Any requests for permission to reproduce the images must be directed to: Robin Dunitz, 503-577-3842, rjdunitz@comcast.net |
| Filename | dunitz-1581.tif |
| Archival file | dunitz-21/dunitz-1581.tif |
