NORMAN CHAMBERLAIN: HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA




Date
1937

Location
Huntington Park Post Office, interior
Seville Ave. at Zoe Ave.
Huntington Pak


Media Notes
Oil on canvas mounted to fiberboard, 3 walls
Chamberlain was assisted by Jean Siggett and Ivan Bartlett

Description

A pictorial timeline packed with people and images from California's past. Included are Native Americans and friars, pioneers, a train of the 1890s, modern industry, air travel, and shipping and construction. The scene of a racially integrated workforce on the south wall is noteworthy because this kind of depiction is rare in southern California New Deal murals.


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