Room 8, Echo Park, Los Angeles, 1976

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Room 8, Echo Park, Los Angeles, 1976, Elysian Heights Elementary School, exterior, 1562 Baxter Street (mural faces Echo Park Avenue), Echo Park. A portrait memorializing a cat called Room 8. He was named after the classroom where he spent her weekdays for more that 16 school years, beginning in 1952. When he died in 1968, people in the neighborhood began donating money to the school for a special memorial fund. Enough money was raised to sponsor a bed at Orthopedic Hospital in downtown L.A. Also, in the auditorium are three panels (4' x 8' each) of a CETA-funded 1979 project by students and artist Joan de Bruin. They portray Echo Park Lake, Elysian Park, and the nearby hills. It was originally a four-panel portable mural that traveled to schools in Malibu and Highland Park to show children what different communities look like. The fourth panel is at Arroyo Seco Alternative School in Highland Park. Approximately 8' x 20', byy Denis Fitzpatrick and Michael Chaffey. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 106, #7.

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Title Room 8, Echo Park, Los Angeles, 1976

Subject Cats (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Room 8 Cat (lcsh), Street art (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 1562 Baxter Street (roadways), California (states), Echo Park (populated places), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1976

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 1976

Creator Chaffey, Michael (artist), Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Fitzpatrick, Denis (artist)

Contributor Elysian Heights Elementary School (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-c15-308

Identifier dunitz-0290.tif (filename), dunitz-0290 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-308 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 308

Unique identifier UC1603203

Legacy Identifier dunitz-0290

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 12.7 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 32.2 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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