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Title
Estrada Courts: Tribute to Farmworkers
Creator
Maya, Alexandro C
Date Created and/or Issued
1974; 1979 (photograph)
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
Collection
Cinewest Archive
Rights Information
Under copyright
Constraint(s) on Use: This work is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" requires written permission of the UC Regents. Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Library. Inquiries can be made to the UC San Diego Library program having custody of the work.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Rights Holder and Contact
UC Regents
Description
Paintings
The United Farmworkers Union flag is shown being raised over cultivated fields by modern-day agricultural workers, a Spanish soldier from the era of the Conquest, and a pre-Columbian Native American.
UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Estrada Courts is a low-income housing project in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, California and is well known for its murals, which reflect the Chicano barrio culture and traditions of the area.
East Los Angeles (California)
Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, California)
Estrada Courts (housing complex)
Type
image
Format
Acrylic paint on stucco; 32 x 24 feet
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb2836219t
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Mural painting and decoration
Aztec (culture or style)
Guadalupe, Our Lady of
Flags
Employees
Symbolism
Low-income housing
Mexican American art
History
Agriculture
Mexico
California
Place
Mexico
California

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