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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #390 on: September 29, 2018, 09:21:04 PM »

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #391 on: September 29, 2018, 09:24:06 PM »
Well the artist was well known, the murals were created in 1938 and they were saved.  Too tired to poke around further tonight
but am happy they were saved...........

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« Reply #392 on: September 29, 2018, 09:25:59 PM »
Well perhaps the stain came from one of these?
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Now we gotta go dig into the mural artist and the fate of those murals.............    Rix is always stirring things up!

Oh that drippy old thing  ::)  (drool)

He seems to be pretty famous -- according to Wikipedia a forerunner of Diego Rivera:

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Ramos Martínez was acknowledged as a true innovator in the Mexican art world and frequently called the 'Father of Modern Mexican Art'. To quote Ramón Alva de la Canal in “Los acaparadores de murales”, "...the true force behind contemporary Mexican painting wasn't Diego Rivera; it was Alfredo Ramos Martínez.

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #393 on: September 29, 2018, 09:28:27 PM »
Well the artist was well known, the murals were created in 1938 and they were saved.  Too tired to poke around further tonight
but am happy they were saved...........

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Good find!  I am happy, too.

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #394 on: September 29, 2018, 09:31:46 PM »
Here they are at the Coronado Public Library:

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #395 on: September 29, 2018, 09:31:54 PM »
Good find!  I am happy, too.

This is the place to go to on the mural: https://calisphere.org/collections/5112/

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #396 on: September 29, 2018, 09:37:39 PM »
Which leads to this: http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt8z09s0h9/?docId=kt8z09s0h9&layout=printable-details


image of La Avenida Cafe interior with the 1938 Flores de Mexico mural by Ramos Martinez, Coronado, 1955

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So what is up with this?   Different part of the  La Avenida ?  Or different La Avenida - Cafe vs Restaurant?

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #397 on: September 29, 2018, 09:38:57 PM »

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #398 on: September 29, 2018, 09:41:20 PM »
Much obliged, Walks!

Tag.  You're it West Coast Boy.   Have fun in there   ;)

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #399 on: September 29, 2018, 09:44:34 PM »
Which leads to this: http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt8z09s0h9/?docId=kt8z09s0h9&layout=printable-details


image of La Avenida Cafe interior with the 1938 Flores de Mexico mural by Ramos Martinez, Coronado, 1955

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So what is up with this?   Different part of the  La Avenida ?  Or different La Avenida - Cafe vs Restaurant?

Ooh nice find!  Much better when you can imagine the clink of ice cubes and low, polite conversations.  Also good to see what, at least to my eye, appear to be Harlequin Ball Jugs in their original context.

Also, Ike seems to be stepping out on poor Mamie!

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #400 on: September 29, 2018, 09:49:27 PM »
Ooh nice find!  Much better when you can imagine the clink of ice cubes and low, polite conversations.  Also good to see what, at least to my eye, appear to be Harlequin Ball Jugs in their original context.

Oh, I know!   If it wasn't for the damn smoking back then...........    Mrs Walks and I ate at CiCi's tonight.  *sigh*
[It was near the Home Depot where I picked up the much needed Flush Valve Gasket for a Mansfield #160 Toilet]

I'm not a big praise or smiter but +1 for finding Ike cheating...........

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #401 on: September 29, 2018, 10:04:11 PM »
Oh, I know!   If it wasn't for the damn smoking back then...........    Mrs Walks and I ate at CiCi's tonight.  *sigh*
[It was near the Home Depot where I picked up the much needed Flush Valve Gasket for a Mansfield #160 Toilet]

I'm not a big praise or smiter but +1 for finding Ike cheating...........

Haha the classy older lady looks none to happy about it either!  Let's put some music to it -- the photo is dated 1955 so maybe Californian Vince Guaraldi's first record from 1956?




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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #402 on: September 29, 2018, 10:44:40 PM »
Haha the classy older lady looks none to happy about it either!  Let's put some music to it -- the photo is dated 1955 so maybe Californian Vince Guaraldi's first record from 1956?





Perfect to set the mood.

No. The Old Bird is none too happy but perhaps she is just concerned that it's Henrich Himmler serving Ike's love interest.

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #403 on: September 30, 2018, 12:23:32 AM »
Perfect to set the mood.

No. The Old Bird is none too happy but perhaps she is just concerned that it's Henrich Himmler serving Ike's love interest.

Great finds, boys!  I can only offer up a couple of supporting rolls.  Oliver Hardy dining under the wall light back there, and Aunt Bee sitting dead center.

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« Reply #404 on: September 30, 2018, 06:23:19 AM »
Great finds, boys!  I can only offer up a couple of supporting rolls.  Oliver Hardy dining under the wall light back there, and Aunt Bee sitting dead center.

Well of course we have Deke Slayton chatting up the lovely lady in the lower right as well.........