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

Item Overview

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

Artist

Alston, Charles, 1907-1977

Date Created

[circa 1949]

Date

1949

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

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.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

murals

Subject Geographic

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

4.00629

Latitude

-118.256743

Resource type

still image

Subjects

California--History