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Unboxing of the "The Negro in California History" mural, by Charles Alston, at the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co., Los Angeles, 1949

Description:
Board Chairman George A. Beavers, Jr.; President Norman O. Houston; Controller Helen E. Batiste and architect Paul R. Williams view "The Negro in California History - Exploration and Colonization" mural, by Charles Alston, on the floor at the new Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. home office building, just after the panel was unpacked. Williams was the architect of the new Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. building completed in 1949.
Date:
August 1949
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Unboxing of the "The Negro in California History" mural, by Charles Alston, at the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co., Los Angeles, 1949

Woodrow Wilson High School by Paul R. Williams, Los Angeles, 1968-1969

Description:
The current Woodrow Wilson High School campus and buildings were designed by the renowned African American architect Paul R. Williams. It was an engineering challenge to excavate over one million cubic yards of earth to re-grade the hilltop and to use 3,500 tons of structural steel for the main buildings. The new Wilson High was the first LAUSD school to implement multi-floored buildings equipped with elevators and escalators to accommodate students with disabilities.
Date:
[1968-1969]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Woodrow Wilson High School by Paul R. Williams, Los Angeles, 1968-1969

Twenty of America's most distinguished Negros: Politicians, Poets, circa 1938

Description:
Portraits and brief biographical notes on 16 African American. Left to right, and top to bottom: Composer-William Grant Still, Labor Leader-A. Philip Randolph, United States Congress Representative-Arthur Mitchell, Architect-Paul R. Williams, Baritone-Paul Robeson, Writer-Claude McKay, Soldier-Benjamin O. Davis, Contralto-Marian Anderson, Educator-Robert R. Moton, Writer-Langston Hughes, Tycoon-Charles C. Spaulding, Sociologist-W.E.B. Du Bois, Scientist-George Washington Carver, Communist-James Ford, Lawyer-Eunice [Carter] Smith, Musician-Edward K. “Duke” Ellington.
Date:
[circa 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Twenty of America's most distinguished Negros: Politicians, Poets, circa 1938

Los Angeles County Courthouse seen from Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, circa 1958

Description:
The Los Angeles County Courthouse (Stanley Mosk Courthouse) was designed by: Austin, Field, and Fry, Architects; Martin, A.C. and Associates, Architects; Stanton and Stockwell, Architects; Williams, Paul R. and Associates; Wilson and Associates; William Allen; John Corneby Wilson Austin; Albert Carey Martin Jr.; Jesse Earl Stanton; William Francis Stockwell; Paul Revere Williams); and Adrian Jennings Wilson.
Date:
[circa 1958]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles County Courthouse seen from Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, circa 1958