Artist:
Address:
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company: 1999 West Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018 (click to view)
Size:
1949
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Date:
1949
Type:
Historic
Description / Interpretation:
Covers approximately 1527-1850, portraying African Americans who played a significant role in California's early period after the arrival of Europeans. Among those pictured are ex-slave/philanthropist Biddy Mason, explorer James Beckwourth, government official William Leidesdorff, and U.S Consul Thomas O. Larkin. Photo: © Robin Dunitz