A young woman looking at the "Pastoral California" fresco by Charles Kassler at Fullerton Union High School, Fullerton, 1934

Item Overview

Title

A young woman looking at the "Pastoral California" fresco by Charles Kassler at Fullerton Union High School, Fullerton, 1934

Date Created

November 1934

Date

1934-11

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Fullerton Union High School is located at 201 East Chapman Avenue in Fullerton, CA.
View of a young woman observing part of the "Pastoral California" a fresco technique mural on the west side of the Louis Plummer Auditorium at Fullerton Union High School. The mural depicts Mexican laborers and the county's California pioneers. The Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) commission was completed by Charles Kassler in 1934. It was whitewashed in 1939 and restored in 1997. The mural is 75 feet long and 15 feet high.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: California, Fullerton, Schools
Text from newspaper caption: Marie Hardy, Fullerton High School student, admires a portion of the recently finished mural along the patio of the last building. The mural and the new stadium on the school grounds were dedicated with elaborate ceremonies yesterday and Thursday. The entire city joined in the celebration yesterday afternoon [Los Angeles Times, "Fullerton Joins in High School Jubilee," 11/24/1934].

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Public Works of Art Project (U.S.)
Hardy, Marie

Location

Fullerton (Calif.)

Longitude

33.874404

Latitude

-117.920592

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People
Arts
Murals--California--Fullerton
Education
Public art--California--Los Angeles