Map makers of the world, 1939, detail 3 of 4

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Detail 3 of 4 of Map makers of the world, 1939, Virgil Junior High School, interior library, 152 North Vermont Avenue (near Beverly Boulevard). On the south wall are Norseman Leif Erickson landing on Vineland, Marco Polo arriving at the court of Kublai Khan, and Columbus landing on an island in the Bahamas. On the north wall are Magellan passing through the stormy straits in 1568, Captain Cook exploring the South Sea Islands, and Admiral Byrd in Antarctica. 2 panels, 3' x 30' (each), by Bessie Peirce Heller. Sponsored by Federal Art Program. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 70, #6.

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Title Map makers of the world, 1939, detail 3 of 4

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 152 North Vermont Avenue (roadways), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate 34.061619,-118.258724 (point)

Temporal Subject 1939

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 1939

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

Contributor Federal Art Program (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-0091.tif (filename), dunitz-0091 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-109 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 109

Unique identifier UC1591844

Legacy Identifier dunitz-0091

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 32.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Map makers of the world, Los Angeles, 1939

Description Map makers of the world, 1939, Virgil Junior High School, interior library, 152 North Vermont Avenue (near Beverly Boulevard). On the south wall are Norseman Leif Erickson landing on Vineland, Marco Polo arriving at the court of Kublai Khan, and Columbus landing on an island in the Bahamas. On the north wall are Magellan passing through the stormy straits in 1568, Captain Cook exploring the South Sea Islands, and Admiral Byrd in Antarctica. 2 panels, 3' x 30' (each), by Bessie Peirce Heller. Sponsored by Federal Art Program. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 70, #6.

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

Coverage Spatial 152 North Vermont Avenue (roadways), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1939

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