“Student Life photographs” from the “1938 Franciscan” yearbook (page 138) (Updated over a year ago)

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Photographic spread of the San Francisco State College students in the College Library, Music Alley before student government elections with flyers and posters, the College Café, Dot Lourdeaux, Harriet White, Bill Leonhard, and Shirley Senk rushing to class. The center right image is Maxine Albro (1893-1966) and workers installing her mosaic for Anderson Hall. Albro was employed by the Works Progress Administration to install the first mosaic carried to completion through every process 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 , bill leonhard , college café , college library , dot lourdeaux , harriet white , maxine albro , mosaic , music alley , san francisco state college , shirley senk , student elections , student life

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  • Creator: Associated Students, San Francisco State College
  • Date: 1936-1937
  • Title: “Student Life photographs” from the “1938 Franciscan” yearbook (page 138)
  • Description: Photographic spread of the San Francisco State College students in the College Library, Music Alley before student government elections with flyers and posters, the College Café, Dot Lourdeaux, Harriet White, Bill Leonhard, and Shirley Senk rushing to class. The center right image is Maxine Albro (1893-1966) and workers installing her mosaic for Anderson Hall. Albro was employed by the Works Progress Administration to install the first mosaic carried to completion through every process 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: Photographic spread
  • Format: TIFF
  • Source: University Archives
  • Temporal Coverage: 1936-1937
  • Rights: Public
  • Publisher: San Francisco: San Francisco State College Associated Students
  • Contributor: Meredith Eliassen

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