"SF State students dashing to class through the Haight Street entrance to Anderson Hall" from the "1947 Franciscan" yearbook (Updated over a year ago)

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Photograph of San Francisco State College students rushing to classes in Anderson Hall. One of the landmarks of the Buchanan Street campus was a mosaic by Maxine Albro (1893-1966) for the Haight Street entrance to Anderson Hall. The Works Progress Administration commissioned Albro to install the first mosaic that had every part of the process carried completion in California. The mosaic was comprised of a palette of 29 different marbles depicting a boy with a book, a girl with a friendly squirrel sitting amongst plants, and indigenous California animals.

Tags: anderson hall , buchanan street campus , maxine albro mosaic , san francisco state college , student life

Added to SFSU Photographic Timeline Project on May 18, 2018.

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  • Creator: Associated Students of San Francisco State College
  • Date: 1946-1947
  • Title: "SF State students dashing to class through the Haight Street entrance to Anderson Hall" from the "1947 Franciscan" yearbook
  • Description: Photograph of San Francisco State College students rushing to classes in Anderson Hall. One of the landmarks of the Buchanan Street campus was a mosaic by Maxine Albro (1893-1966) for the Haight Street entrance to Anderson Hall. The Works Progress Administration commissioned Albro to install the first mosaic that had every part of the process carried completion in California. The mosaic was comprised of a palette of 29 different marbles depicting a boy with a book, a girl with a friendly squirrel sitting amongst plants, and indigenous California animals.
  • Type: Photograph
  • Format: TIFF
  • Source: University Archives
  • Temporal Coverage: 1946-1947
  • Rights: Public
  • Publisher: San Francisco: San Francisco State Teachers College Associated Students
  • Contributor: Meredith Eliassen

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