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							John Tibbetts |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Colonial Spanish" |  | 1938 |  | Santa Monica City Hall |  | Mural, 
							
							
								petrachrome (colored concrete) |  | 12' x 16' |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: lobby, north wide |  |  |  |  |  
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							Melissa Lamont, SDSU |  |  |  |  |  
	
		
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							Barbara Bernstein |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Invention and Imagination" |  | 1934 |  | Santa Monica Public Library |  | Mural, 
							
							
								paint on plywood |  | 30 panels |  | Program: Unknown |  | Location: through 2nd floor |  | Mural series designed for and installed in previous library building; removed to Smithsonian in the 1960s; returned to Santa Monica in 2005 |  |  |  |  |  
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							John Tibbetts |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Landing of the Vikings in Vinland" |  | 1939 |  | Santa Monica High School |  | Mural, 
							
							
								mosaic |  | 8' x 8' |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: Barnum Hall foyer |  |  |  |  |  
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							Melissa Lamont, SDSU |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Products of Nature and Inventions of Man" |  | 1937 |  | Hooper Avenue Elementary School |  | Mural, 
							
							
								mosaic |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: exterior of building |  |  |  |  |  
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							John Tibbetts |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Recreation" |  | 1938 |  | Santa Monica City Hall |  | Mural, 
							
							
								petrachrome (colored concrete) |  | 12' x 16' |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: lobby, south side |  |  |  |  |  
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							Melissa Lamont, SDSU |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Spanish California" |  | 1937 |  | Thomas Edison Middle School |  | Mural, 
							
							
								mosaic |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: Auditorium foyer |  |  |  |  |  
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							John Tibbetts |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "The Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla" |  | 1937 |  | Santa Monica High School |  | paint on asbestos |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Location: Barnum Hall stage |  | Restored and "encapsulated" (to prevent contact with asbestos); school has preliminary cartoon of curtain design |  |  |  |  |  
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							Melissa Lamont, SDSU |  |  |  | 
				
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						| "Typical Activities of a Beach and Harbor City" |  | 1938 |  | Long Beach Plaza |  | Mural, 
							
							
								glazed tile mosaic |  | 38' h x 22' wide |  | Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |  | Originally in the Municipal Auditorium, which was razed in 1979. Saved by a community effort; installed at current location in 1982. |  |  |  |  |  
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