ADRIEN MACHEFERT: LIFE AND TRAVELS OF RICHARD HENRY DANA, JR.


Date
1938

Location
Richard Henry Dana Junior High School, interior student cafeteria
1501 Cabrillo Ave. (at 15th St.)
San Pedro

Media Notes
Oil on canvas, 2 panels, 8' x 42' (each)
Machefert was assisted by Joseph Sena and James Haggart.

Description

Scenes of early San Pedro inspired by Dana's Two Years Before the Mast, the account of an upper class New Englander's life as an ordinary seaman on a voyage to California during the 1830s. Also, in the school's foyer are two tile murals.


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