Lessons from the Past: The Lost Elshin Mural
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- Identifier
- 13195
- Description
- A television segment on the lost Works Progress Administration (WPA) mural at West Seattle High School (WSHS). The mural was painted in 1937 by Jacob Elshin and depicts the landing of the Denny Party at Alki Point on November 13, 1851. Elshin created several murals for the school's hallway entrance to the auditorium depicting scenes of early Seattle as part of a 1937 WPA-sponsored Federal Art Project. The lost mural was rediscovered in 2000 by Seattle Public Schools Archivist Eleanor Toews and restored by fine art conservator Chiara Carcano. Includes interviews with Eleanor Toews, Chiara Carcano and Roger van Oosten (WPA historian).
Produced as a collaboration by the City of Seattle and Seattle Public Schools. Includes archival film and photos from National Archives and Records Administration, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections and the Smithsonian Insititute WPA Collection, Archive of American Art. Copyright City of Seattle, 2001. - Language:
- English
- Coverage Date
- September 18 2001 No
- Series
- 3902-01: Seattle Channel Moving Images
- Produced
- Seattle
- Type
- TV Program/Segment
- Citation
- Courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives, #13195, Series 3902-01.
- Related Items
- 8073: Interview with Chiara Carcano (is source Moving Image)
8072: Interview with Eleanor Toews (is source Moving Image) - Creator
- Seattle Channel (Television station)
City of Seattle {USE}
Seattle Public Schools - Speaker(s)
- Carcano, Chiara (conservator)
Toews, Eleanor (archivist)
van Oosten, Roger (WPA historian) - Related People/Organizations
- West Seattle High School
United States. Works Progress Administration
Elshin, Jacob (painter)
Hinkey, Charlie - Video Format(s)
- Carrier: 8846 DVCPRO (Box 82)
- Digital Format(s)
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DV (9 GiB)
MPEG-4 (123 MiB) - Permissions
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