Group attending the dedication of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. murals titled "The Negro in California History," Los Angeles, 1949

Title: Group attending the dedication of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. murals titled "The Negro in California History," Los Angeles, 1949
Alternative title: G.S.M. Murals Conference and Dedication of artwork
Date Created: 1949
Date: 1949
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description: Group gathered following the unveiling of the two murals titled “The Negro in California History” in the lobby of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company’s new home office building (4261 S. Central Ave.). The murals were painted by artists Hale Woodruff and Charles Alston and installed on the lower walls of the Roman travertine against which the group is standing. Left to right: George Beavers, Jr., chairman of the board, Golden State Mutual; Charlotta Bass, Publisher of the California Eagle, pulled the cord to unveil the Charles Alston Mural; Norman O. Houston, President, Golden State Mutual; Gussie Woods, mother of Hale Woodruff, pulled the cord to unveil the Woodruff mural; and Titus Alexander, member of the California Historical Society who aided in the research upon which the murals are based.

Genre: Portrait photographs
Names: Alexander, Titus N., 1869-1952
Bass, Charlotta A., 1880-1969
Woods, Gussie
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Beavers, George A. (George Allen), Jr., 1891-1989
Houston, Norman O. (Norman Oliver), 1893-1981
Subject Geographic: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 4.00629
Latitude: -118.256743
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Dedications
Murals