- City:
- San Pedro, CA
- Site Type:
- Murals, Art Works
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Arts Project (FAP), Arts Programs
- Completed:
- 1937
- Artist:
- Ross Dickinson
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
In 1937, Ross Dickinson completed a four-panel mural at San Pedro High School in San Pedro, CA. He received funding from the Federal Art Project (FAP).
Dickinson’s other New Deal works—all in Los Angeles, CA—include two murals, “A Valley in California” and “Mankind’s Achievements” (1934), at George Washington Preparatory High School; a pair of tile mosaics (1936) at Thomas Starr King Middle School; and a mural, “History of the Recorded Word” (1937), at Thomas Jefferson High School.
Also located at San Pedro High School is a series of murals by FAP artist Tyrone Comfort. Titled “Industrial Life in San Pedro,” these murals are located in the school library.
Source notes
"Mural Decorations - Completed and in Progress - by Federal Art Project in Northern Southern California (April 1, 1937)," Marjery Hoffman Smith AAA Reel, www.wpamurals.org/CA37art.pdf
Site originally submitted by Natalie McDonald on March 2, 2023.
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