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Order Number	00018365
Title	Mural in State Building
Collection ID	Works Progress Administration Collection
Location/Accession	WPA 3609-B 4x5
Date	1937
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Historical Data	Architect John C. Austin constructed the State Building in 1930. This "high rise" measured 184 feet and had 13 stories. Unfortunately, it was found to be structurally unsafe after a 1971 earthquake, necessitating demolition.
Description	Mural panel in the State Building (215 West 1st Street) Assembly Hall painted by Lucile Lloyd, assisted by Benjamin Messick, as a WPA Art Project. Title of the mural is "Origin and Development of the Name of the State of California."
Publisher	Federal Writers' Project.
Subject	California State Building (Los Angeles, Calif.). Public buildings--California--Los Angeles. Murals--California--Los Angeles. Lost works of art--California--Los Angeles. Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles. Works Progress Administration Collection photographs. Austin, John C. W.(John Corneby Wilson),1870-1963. Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Lloyd, Lucile.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Works Progress Administration Photo Collection