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Title
"Era of Discovery", rotunda mural
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
The preliminary color drawings for murals to adorn the rotunda of the new Los Angeles Public Library and portray periods of California's history have been completed by Dean Cornwell, noted artist. This color drawing shows how his mural of the 'Era of Discovery', the period of Drake and Cabrillo, will appear. Photo dated: May 8, 1929.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00039835
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1145.
CARL0000043480
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15608
Subject
Los Angeles Public Library
Public libraries--California--Los Angeles
Murals--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Cornwell, Dean,1892-1960

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