Ruth Home Mural (former) – El Monte CA In 1937, Frank H. Bowers and Arthur W. Prunier painted a 2,000 square foot mural at the former Ruth Home in El Monte, CA. They received funding from the Federal Art Project (FAP).
The Pacific Protective Society's Ruth Home provided housing, treatment, and schooling to girls and babies infected with gonorrhea. Bowers' and Prunier's mural, which depicts a beauty salon, was located in a school and arts & crafts building on the fifteen-acre campus. It is presumed lost.
Bowers and Prunier also collaborated on a pair of FAP murals at City Hall in South Gate, CA.