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Chicano high school students painting mural at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Compton, Calif., 1972

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Title: Chicano high school students painting mural at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Compton, Calif., 1972
Contributor: Kennedy, Joe
Date Created and/or Issued: May 5, 1972
1972-05-05
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: ARTWORK COMPLETED--Chicano high school students put finishing touches to a 25-by-5 foot mural on Mexico's history at Compton's Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, where it will be unveiled today for Cinco de Mayo. The young artists spent three months on research, 13 on painting.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b696_271324B-1
ark:/21198/zz0002nkd3
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Chicano Movement
Youth
Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday)
Arts
Mural painting and decoration--California--Los Angeles County
High school students--California--Los Angeles County
Hispanic Americans--Ethnic identity
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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