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Mural titled "The Negro in California History - Exploration and Colonization" by Charles Alston, at the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. Building, Los Angeles, circa 1949

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Title: Mural titled "The Negro in California History - Exploration and Colonization" by Charles Alston, at the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. Building, Los Angeles, circa 1949
Alternative Title: Golden State Mutual Life Mural, panel by Charles Alston
Contributor: Alston, Charles, 1907-1977
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1949]
1949
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: In 1947 Miriam Matthews was hired to conduct historical research for the murals of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building.
Photograph of the Charles Alston painting "The Negro in California History - Exploration and Colonization" a mural in the lobby of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building in Los Angeles (4261 S. Central Ave.), created 1948-1949.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b01_f14_002.tif
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Subject: California--History
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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