The Negro in California history. Panel 2: settlement and development, 1949

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The Negro in California history. Panel 2: settlement and development, 1949, Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, interior lobby, 1999 West Adams Boulevard (at Western Avenue), 2 panels. The second panel covers approximately 1850-1949. With less focus on individual heroes. It depicts gold miners, Boulder Dam construction workers, Pony Express riders, etc. Restored in 1985 by Richard Wyatt, because the paint was cracking. Oil on canvas (on right as enter lobby from street) by Hale Woodruff. Sponsored by the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 212, #13 B (photo on p. 203).

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Title The Negro in California history. Panel 2: settlement and development, 1949

Subject African Americans—History (lcsh), California--History (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 1999 West Adams Boulevard (roadways), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1850/1949

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)

Date Created 1949, 1985

Creator Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Woodruff, Hale (artist)

Contributor Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company (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.

Identifier dunitz-0905.tif (filename), dunitz-0905 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-923 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 923

Unique identifier UC1592808

Legacy Identifier dunitz-0905

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 12.4 in at 300dpi
47.1 cm × 31.6 cm at 300dpi

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Title The Negro in California history. Panel 2: settlement and development, Los Angeles, 1949

Description The Negro in California history. Panel 2: settlement and development, 1949, Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, interior lobby, 1999 West Adams Boulevard (at Western Avenue), 2 panels. The second panel covers approximately 1850-1949. With less focus on individual heroes. It depicts gold miners, Boulder Dam construction workers, Pony Express riders, etc. Restored in 1985 by Richard Wyatt, because the paint was cracking. Oil on canvas (on right as enter lobby from street) by Hale Woodruff. Sponsored by the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 212, #13 B (photo on p. 203).

Subject African Americans—History (lcsh), California--History (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Venice (Italy) (corporate name)

Coverage Spatial 1999 West Adams Boulevard (roadways), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1850/1949

Inherited Subject African Americans—History (lcsh), California--History (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Venice (Italy) (corporate name)