[Artists working on Coit Tower mural] [graphic] / Peter Stackpole
odd: label: General
content: Photographs microfilmed with AAA's Photographs of Artists Collection Two, and appear on microfilm in alphabetical order with other unrelated photographs.
name: label: Photographer
content: Stackpole, Peter, 1913-
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project
label: Names
content: Harris, George A., 1913- -- Photographs
label: Names
content: Howard, John Langley, 1902- -- Photographs
label: Names
content: Labaudt, Lucien, 1880-1943 -- Photographs
label: Names
content: Olmsted, Fred, 1911-1990 -- Photographs
label: Names
content: Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973 -- Photographs
label: Names
content: Triest, Shirley
label: Names
content: Zakheim, Bernard Baruch, 1898-1985 -- Photographs
topic: label: Topic
content: Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, Calif.)
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Artists -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1974 by Shirley S. Triest. Microfilmed in 1980 as part of AAA's Photographs of Artists Collection Two.
creator: label: Photographer
content: Stackpole, Peter, 1913-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The mural decoration of the Coit Memorial Tower, San Francisco, was commissioned in 1933 by the Public Works of Art Project, a relief project for artists unemployed due to the Depression. At one point, the project was temporarily closed down due to a controversy surrounding the murals, which were criticized as pro-Communist.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Items (photographic prints, b&w, 15 x 10 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stacpete
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1817 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs donated and annotated by Shirley Triest, and taken by Peter Stackpole of artists working on the Coit Tower, San Francisco, 1934, for the Public Works of Art Project. Pictured are George Harris, John Howard, Lucien Labaudt, Fred Olmstead, Ralph Stackpole, and Bernard Zakheim, and assistants Julia Rogers and Shirley Staschen Triest.