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Coit Tower Phone: (415) 362-0808
1 Telegraph Hill Hours: 10 - 6 daily; staircase mural tour 11 a.m. Saturday
San Francisco, California  94133 Website: Click here
"Animal Force and Machine Force"

Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"Animal Force and Machine Force"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 36'
Ray Boynton, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Inner north wall
"Banking and Law"

Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"Banking and Law"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 10'
George Harris, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outer south wall
Photo (detail): John Tibbetts
"Bay Area Hills"
1934
Mural, oil on canvas
Two panels, each 9' x 54'
Rinaldo Cuneo, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: In lunettes; elevator lobby, east and west walls
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"Bay Area Map"
1934
Mural, oil on canvas
semi-circular lunette, 2'x 4'
Otis Oldfield, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Elevator Lobby, above elevator
"California Agriculture and Industry"

Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"California Agriculture and Industry"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 27'
Gordon Langdon, painter
H. Clement, assistant
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outer north wall
The man spraying the cow is a portrait of fellow artist Lucien Labaudt
"California Industrial Scenes"

Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"California Industrial Scenes"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 24'
John Langley Howard, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outer north wall
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"California"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 42'
Maxine Albro, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Inner east wall
"Children at Play"

Photo (detail): John Tibbetts
"Children at Play"
1934
Mural, fresco
9' x 6'
Ralph Chesse, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Second floor, near staircase
This mural is accessible only during the Saturday morning tour
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"City Life"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 36'
Edward Hansen, assistant painter
Farwell Taylor, assistant painter
Victor Arnautoff, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Inner south wall
The man standing to the right of the newspaper stand is a portrait of the artist
"Collegiate Sports"

Photo (detail): John Tibbetts
"Collegiate Sports"
1934
Mural, fresco
9' x 13'
Parker Hall, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Second floor near staircase
This mural is accessible only during the Saturday morning tour
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"Cowboy"
1934
Mural, Fresco
10' x 4'
Clifford Wight, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: outer east wall
This is said to be a portrait of the artist
"Department Store"

Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"Department Store"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 10'
Frede Vidar, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outer east wall
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"Farmer"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 4'
Clifford Wight, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outer east wall
This is said to be a portrait of fellow artist Ralph Stackpole.
Photo (detail): John Tibbetts
"Home Life"
1934
Mural, egg tempera
9' x 34'
Jane Berlandina, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Second floor, south alcove
This mural is accessible only during the Saturday morning tour
"Hunting in California"

Photo (detail): John Tibbetts
"Hunting in California"
1934
Mural, fresco
9' x 12'
Edith Hamlin, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Second floor, elevator wall
This mural is accessible only during the Saturday morning tour
"Industries of California"

Photo (detail): John Tibbetts
"Industries of California"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 36'
Ralph Stackpole, painter
Thomas Hayes, assistant
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Inner west wall
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"Library"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 10'
Bernard Zakheim, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outer south wall
The man in the center is a portrait of the artist.
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"Meat Industry"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 10'
Ray Bertrand, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outer east wall
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"Newsgathering"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 10'
Hebe Daum, assistant painter
Suzanne Scheuer, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outer west wall
Photo (detail): John Tibbetts
"Outdoor Life"
1934
Mural, fresco
9' x 22'
Benjamin Cunningham, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Second floor, outer wall
This mural is accessible only during the Saturday morning tour
Photo (detail): John Tibbetts
"Powell Street"
1934
Mural, fresco
Two panels, each 6' x 32'
Lucien Labaudt, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Stairway to second floor
This mural is accessible only during the Saturday morning tour
"Power"
1934
Mural, fresco
3' x 3'
Frederick Olmsted, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outer north wall
"Railroad and Shipping"

Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"Railroad and Shipping"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 10'
William Hesthal, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outer west wall
"San Francisco Bay"

"San Francisco Bay"
1934
Mural, oil on canvas
9' x 54"
Otis Oldfield, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: In lunette; elevator lobby, north wall
"San Francisco Bay, North"

"San Francisco Bay, North"
1934
Mural, oil on canvas
9' x 54"
Jose Moya del Pino, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: In lunette; elevator lobby, north wall
"Scientist-Inventor"

Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"Scientist-Inventor"
1934
Mural, Fresco
10' x 4'
Mallette Dean, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: outer south wall
Photo (detail): John Tibbetts
"Seabirds"
1934
Mural, oil on canvas
Two semi-circular panels, each 2' x 4'
Otis Oldfield, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: In lunettes; elevator lobby, south wall
Photo (detail): John Tibbetts
"Sports"
1934
Mural, fresco
9' x 10'
Edward Terada, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Second floor, near staircase
This mural is accessible only during the Saturday morning tour
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"Steelworker"
1934
Mural, Fresco
10 x 4
Clifford Wight, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outer west wall
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"Stockbroker"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 4'
Mallette Dean, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outer south wall
This is a portrait of A. P. Giannini, founder of Bank of America
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
"Surveyor"
1934
Mural, fresco
10' x 4'
Clifford Wight, painter
Program: Public Work of Arts Project (PWAP)
Location: Outer west wall