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Typical Activities of a Beach and Harbor City

 

1936-1938

Nord, Henry Allen (1904-?)

Flower border creator: Etcheverry, Louisa; Redesigners: King, Albert Henry and MacDonald-Wright, Stanton

When this mosaic was created for the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, it was reportedly the largest cut-tile mosaic picture in the country and the single biggest achievement of the Federal Arts Project. King supervised the actual execution, which involved the collaborative work of 40 artists. Changing the geometric shapes of tile for each pattern in a design was an innovation of Wright's, and is recognizable in his other southern California mosaics. In 1979 a community effort saved the mural from destruction when the municipal auditorium was demolished for the construction of a new convention center complex. In 1982 it was mounted at its present location and declared a City Historical Landmark by the Long Beach City Council. Original design by Henry Allen Nord, redesigned by Stanton Macdonald Wright and Albert Henry King.

Agency: Federal Art Project

Murals

Long Beach Plaza, 3rd Street, between Pine and Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, California 90802

California - Long Beach

© San Diego State University, 2008. All rights reserved.

 

 

 

 

Glazed semi-glossed tile mosaic

38 feet x 22 feet

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Photographed by Melissa Lamont on 04/08/2008

 

 

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