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Order Number	00078210
Title	Hale Woodruff mural
Photographer	Mullen, Mike.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HH_b044_f1_i34
Date	1987
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	The Herald-Examiner is in error. The mural pictured here is by Hale Woodruff. Charles Alston and Hale Woodruff were commissioned by the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co., 1999 West Adams, one of the largest black-owned businesses of its day, to paint murals dedicated to the theme "The Negro in California history". Woodruff completed this mural, "The Negro in California history, settlement and development", in 1949. The mural was restored in 1985 by Richard Wyatt.
Description	Photograph caption reads: "Dominating Golden State's lower lobby are two 16-foot-long historical murals. This one by Charles Alston depicts the presence of blacks at every stage of California's development". Photograph dated: January 30, 1987.
Subject	Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. Public art--California--Los Angeles. Murals--California--Los Angeles. West Adams (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Woodruff, Hale,1900-1980.
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
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	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection