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Charles Alston, artist who painted the Golden State Mutual mural "The Negro in California History - Exploration and Colonization," circa 1948

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Title: Charles Alston, artist who painted the Golden State Mutual mural "The Negro in California History - Exploration and Colonization," circa 1948
Alternative Title: Golden State Mutual Life Mural, panel by Charles Alston
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1948]
1948
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Photographic portrait of the artist Charles Alston. Alston painted a mural in the lobby of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. building in Los Angeles, entitled "The Negro in California History - Exploration and Colonization" around 1948.
Written on back of photograph: Charles Alston, artist who painted one of the Golden State Insurance Co. murals titled "Exploration and Colonization of Calif."
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b01_f14_001a.tif
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Subject: African American artists
Alston, Charles, 1907-1977
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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