Evolution of writing, 1938, South Gate, detail 2 of 2

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Detail 2 of 2 of Evolution of writing, South Gate, 1938, 8680 California Avenue (north of Firestone Boulevard), Civic Center Community building, exterior.

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Title Evolution of writing, 1938, South Gate, detail 2 of 2

Subject Mosaics (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), World history (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 8680 California Avenue (roadways), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), South Gate (cities), USA (countries)

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 1938

Creator Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973 (artist)

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.

Identifier dunitz-0838.tif (filename), dunitz-0838 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-856 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 856

Unique identifier UC1592026

Legacy Identifier dunitz-0838

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.5 in × 18.4 in at 300dpi
31.8 cm × 46.8 cm at 300dpi

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Title Evolution of writing, South Gate, 1938

Description Evolution of writing, 1938, 8680 California Avenue (north of Firestone Boulevard), Civic Center Community building, exterior. This mosaic of scholars and written languages dating back to neolithic times contains inscriptions in Chinese characters, Phoenician letters, Babylonian cuneiforms and Egyptian hieroglyphics. This small community center was a public library until a new one opened in the early 1970s. Unglazed decorative tiles, kiln-fired, 10' x 12' by Stanton Macdonald Wright. Sponsored by Federal Art Project -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 229, #4 (photo on p. 14).