City of dreams/River of history, Los Angeles, 1996

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City of dreams/River of history, 1996, Union Station, interior east portal, Alameda Street at Cesar Chavez Avenue. Portraits of Native Americans, settlers of the L.A. basin, and contemporary Angelenos. Around the border are representations of local native flora and fauna as as well as symbols of transportation. The mural is part of a collaborative environmental project with artists May Sun and Paul Diez. Other elements include an aquarium and a river bench. Sponsored by MTA Metro Art. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 62, #116.

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Title City of dreams/River of history, Los Angeles, 1996

Subject Animals (lcsh), History (lcsh), Indians of North America (lcsh), Indigenous crops (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Street art (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Alameda Street at Cesar Chavez Avenue (roadways), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate 34.05785,-118.237309 (point)

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 1996

Creator Diez, Paul (assistant), Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Sun, May (assistant), Wyatt, Richard (artist)

Contributor Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (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-c15-79

Identifier dunitz-0061.tif (filename), dunitz-0061 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-79 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 79

Unique identifier UC1604021

Legacy Identifier dunitz-0061

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
47.3 cm × 32.1 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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