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Unboxing of the "The Negro in California History" mural, by Charles Alston, at the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co., Los Angeles, 1949

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Title: Unboxing of the "The Negro in California History" mural, by Charles Alston, at the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co., Los Angeles, 1949
Alternative Title: G.S.M. Murals Conference and Dedication of artwork
Date Created and/or Issued: August 1949
1949-08
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Board Chairman George A. Beavers, Jr.; President Norman O. Houston; Controller Helen E. Batiste and architect Paul R. Williams view "The Negro in California History - Exploration and Colonization" mural, by Charles Alston, on the floor at the new Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. home office building, just after the panel was unpacked. Williams was the architect of the new Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. building completed in 1949.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b01_f17_004.tif
ark:/21198/z1v99s31
Subject: Murals
Beavers, George A. (George Allen), Jr., 1891-1989
Batiste, Helen E. Hodge, 1904-1998
Williams, Paul R., 1894-1980
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co
Houston, Norman O. (Norman Oliver), 1893-1981
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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