Scenes from English language classics, Long Beach, 1937

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Scenes from English language classics, Long Beach, 1937. Long Beach Public Library, interior periodical section, 101 Pacific Avenue (at Ocean Boulevard), Downtown Long Beach. From left to right: Panel 1: Hiawatha (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow); Panel 2: The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser); Panel 3: Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan); Panel 4: L'Allegro and Il Penseroso (John Milton), The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith), and Rip Van Winkle (Washington Irving); Panel 5: King Solomon and the Two Mothers from the Bible; Panel 6: Man with the Hoe (Edwin Markham); Panel 7: The Lady of Shalot (Alfred Lord Tennyson) Panel 8: The Tempest (William Shakespeare); Panel 9: The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer). The artist originally painted 14 scenes from classic British, American, and Old Testament literature for the Lincoln Park branch of the Long Beach Library. However, when that branch burned down several years ago, the murals were moved to their present location. Oil on canvas, 9 panels, 4 1/2' x 5 1/2' to 4 1/2' x 5 1/2', by Suzanne Miller, assisted by Bessie Peirce Heller. Sponsored by Federal Art Project. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 251, #2.

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Title Scenes from English language classics, Long Beach, 1937

Subject Classical literature (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Street art (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 101 Pacific Avenue (roadways), California (states), Downtown Long Beach (populated places), Long Beach (populated places), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1937

Type images

Format 1 slide (extent), 2 x 2 in. (dimensions), color (color), color slides (aat), slides (photographs) (aat)

Source Robin Dunitz Slides of Los Angeles Murals, 1925-2002 (collection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Relation References Dunitz, Robin J. Street Gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1993 (book), Dunitz, Robin J. Street gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Rev. 2nd ed. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1998 (book)

Date Created 1937

Creator Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Miller, Suzanne (artist), Peirce Heller, Bessie (assistant)

Contributor Federal Art Project (sponsor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email afa@usc.edu

Repository Name USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library

Repository Location Watt Hall 4d, USC, Los Angeles, California, 90089-0294, USA

Rights Dunitz, Robin J.

Access Conditions 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, rjdunitz@comcast.net. 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, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/dunitz-c15-1254

Identifier dunitz-1255.tif (filename), dunitz-1255 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-1254 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1254

Unique identifier UC1593074

Legacy Identifier dunitz-1255

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 12.5 in at 300dpi
47.0 cm × 31.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Robin Dunitz Slides of Los Angeles Murals, 1925-2002

Description The collection consists of more than 2,000 digitized 35mm slides of murals in Los Angeles photographed by Robin Dunitz. The murals date from 1925 to the early 2000s and were photographed by Dunitz in the late 1980s and early-mid 1990s to early 2000s.

Relation References https://libguides.usc.edu/dunitz_murals (finding aid URL)

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