Tag: Beach Chalet
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Roald Amundsen at the Beach Chalet
Land’s End Beach Chalet 1000 The Great Highway * This memorial sits in the parking lot of the Beach Chalet, it has been there since 1930. It marks where Amundsen’s ship, the Gjoa (pronounced “Joe”) was in dry-dock. It had been pulled ashore here in 1909, and placed on dry-dock display. Amundsen donated the ship…
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Beach Chalet Murals Part III
Land’s End The Beach Chalet – Part III 1000 The Great Highway Lucien Labaudt’s Beach Chalet murals: John McLaren (G.G. Park Superintendent) in left foreground on bench, with Jack Spring (later General Manager of Parks and Rec Dept.) holding redwood tree’s root ball, while behind on horseback (upper right corner) sit sculptor Benny Bufano and…
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Beach Chalet Murals – Part II
Land’s End The Beach Chalet Part II 1000 The Great Highway * * It was common for WPA muralists to place people they knew or people of note in their work. Here Lucien Labaudt inserts Arthur Brown Jr.. Brown was the Architect of City Hall (shown over his left shoulder) and architect of Coit Tower,…
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Beach Chalet Murals
Land’s End The Beach Chalet – Part I 1000 Great Highway The Beach Chalet has its own fascinating history. This is however, about the WPA work found at the Beach Chalet. Port Scene by Lucien Labaut -Beach Chalet Murals Fisherman’s Wharf A peaceful beach scene that incorporates some of Labaudt’s friends and family. …