Quests for mankind, Canoga Park, ca. 1940

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Quests for mankind, Canoga Park, ca. 1940. Canoga Park High School Assembly Hall, exterior, 6850 Topanga Canyon Boulevard (at Vanowen Street), Canoga Park. In the smaller panel, three founding fathers sign what probably is the Declaration of Independence, and three students use a globe to study. The other panel is divided into three sections -- a family of early cave dwellers, ancient Greeks, and Renaissance intellectuals. Petrochrome, 2 panels, 9' x 12' and 9' x 18', by Helen Lundeberg. Sponsored by Federal Art Project. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 135, #2.

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Title Quests for mankind, Canoga Park, ca. 1940

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 6850 Topanga Canyon Boulevard (roadways), California (states), Canoga Park (populated places), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate 34.195475,-118.603013 (point)

Temporal Subject 1940

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 1940

Creator Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Lundeberg, Helen (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.

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/dunitz-c15-536

Identifier dunitz-0518.tif (filename), dunitz-0518 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-536 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 536

Unique identifier UC1603472

Legacy Identifier dunitz-0518

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
47.5 cm × 32.6 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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