San Francisco Zoo, Mothers Building Mosaics – San Francisco CA

City:
San Francisco, CA

Site Type:
Art Works, Mosaics

New Deal Agencies:
Arts Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP)

Artists:
Esther Bruton, Helen Bruton, Margaret Bruton

Description

Sisters Helen, Margaret and Esther Bruton created two mosaics for the exterior of the San Francisco Zoo’s Mothers Building in 1934. The mosaics depict “Children and Their Animal Friends” and “St. Francis.”

 

Source notes

Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/

Location Info

Sloat Boulevard at Great Highway
San Francisco, CA 94132

Location notes: Mothers Building porch

Coordinates: 37.735612, -122.50619

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