Artists Hale Woodruff and Charles Alston at Union Station during the Golden State Mutual mural research tour, Los Angeles, 1948

Item Overview

Title

Artists Hale Woodruff and Charles Alston at Union Station during the Golden State Mutual mural research tour, Los Angeles, 1948

Alternative title

G.S.M. Murals Conference and Dedication of artwork

Date Created

August 17, 1948

Date

1948-08-17

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Artists Hale Woodruff and Charles Alston at Union Station upon their arrival in Los Angeles to research the murals that they had been commissioned to paint for the new Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Caption

Written on back of photograph: From left: Hale Woodruff and Charles Alston, artists for Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. murals on the history of the negro in California

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Names

Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Woodruff, Hale, 1900-1980
Alston, Charles, 1907-1977

Subject Geographic

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.056219

Latitude

-118.236502

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American artists
Arrivals & departures--American