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Evolution of Writing

 

2008-06-20

Photographer: Lamont, Lisa

Muralist: MacDonald-Wright, Stanton (1890-1973)

This 1938 mosaic of scholars and written languages dating back to neolithic times contains inscriptions in Chinese characters, Phoenician letters, Babylonian cuneiforms, and Egyptian hieroglyphics. This small community center was a public library until a new one opened in the early 1970s. In 1983 the building was made South Gate's flrst offlcial cultural landmark in order to save it from demolition. It currently is home to an art gallery and a museum. The material consists of unglazed decorative tiles, kiln-fired.

Murals; Stanton MacDonald-Wright; Evolution of Writing (mural); Civic Center Community Building

8680 California Avenue

California - South Gate - Civic Center Community Building

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Mural using unglazed decorative tiles, kiln-fired/mosaic

10 feet x 12 feet

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TIFF

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