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Title
Honored Guests and Officers of the Company at the Unveiling of the Murals Ceremony
Creator
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company Public Relations Department
Date Created and/or Issued
August 19 1949
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company records
Rights Information
Copyrighted
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Rights Holder and Contact
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
Funding: Access to this material is generously supported by funding from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Scope/Content: Left to Right (1st row): Mrs. Charlotta Bass, Publisher of the California eagle, pulled the cord to unveil the Charles Alston Mural; Mrs. Gussie Woods, mother of Hale Woodruff, pulled the cord to unveil the Woodruff mural; Mrs. Gladys Owens Smith, descendant of Biddy Mason who is one of the figures on the Alston mural; Chairman of the Board, Geo. A. Beavers, Jr.; Secretary-Treasurer Edgar J. Johnson; Medical Director and Vice President Dr. H.H. Towles. (Transcribed from caption.)
Scope/Content: Left to Right (2nd row): Miss Marian [Miriam] Matthews, Librarian who did research for the murals; Mr. Mercer Z. Ray, Asst. Superintendent of Agencies; Mr. R.W. Smith, Auditor; Mr. A.J. Williams, Superintendent of Agencies; Mrs. Helen E. Hodge, Comptroller; Mrs. Bertha Nickerson, Member of the Board of Directors and Widow of Founder Nickerson.
Type
image
Format
1 black and white photograph
Form/Genre
Black-and-white photographs
Extent
8 x 10 in.
Identifier
uclalsc_1434_b264_f013_004
Subject
Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969
Matthews, Miriam
Nickerson, Bertha
Relation
Historical Murals files. 1947-1949.
Location
Box 264, Folder 13, Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company records (Collection 1434). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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