Save the Amazon, Los Angeles, 2000

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"Shows the phrase 'Save the Amazon' in big bold colorful letters. At the top reads: 'All the sacred colors come to...' It also shows a caricature of a man with long hair and big dark glasses." Part of untitled murals located at Taix Plaza, Pico Boulevard and Union Street, by Eart Crew. "The Earth Crew was Chewv, Skate (R.I.P.), Omega, Poime, Saint, Skan, Tuck, Ryse, Skill, Tempt, Skept, Ben, Hyde, Mear, Jack, Mach, Defer, Duke, Nemesis, Nuke, Draser, and Hex. The mural was painted in 1990 and restored in 1999 by Prime and Kaefer. It reads "We do not have generations, we only have 15 years in which to save our planet..." Another section, around a corner, reads "All the sacred colors come together in a rainbow tribe... dedicated 2 the original Americans." -- https://www.grconnect.com/murals/html/r07img0812.html.

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Title Save the Amazon, Los Angeles, 2000

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

Tags Folder test,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries), West Pico Boulevard and Union Avenue (roadways)

Geocoordinate 34.044677,-118.276942 (point)

Temporal Subject 2000

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 2000

Creator Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Earth Crew (artist)

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-c15-144

Identifier dunitz-0126.tif (filename), dunitz-0126 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-144 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 144

Unique identifier UC1591737

Legacy Identifier dunitz-0126

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.0 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
48.3 cm × 32.6 cm at 300dpi

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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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