100 Years of Sports in San Antonio, Texas, 1840-1940 - San Antonio, TX
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Four mosaic murals above the entrance of Alamo Stadium depict a century of local sports activities. The tiles were glazed fired by sixty WPA workers in kilns at Ethel Harris' Mexican Arts and Crafts studio in south San Antonio.
Waymark Code: WM1007X
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2019
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NRHP Nomination Form"To enhance the stadium, Ethel Wilson Harris, supervisor of the WPA Arts and Crafts Division in San Antonio, undertook her program's largest project to date. The work was comprised of six inch square tiles three-quarters of an inch thick made from local clays. Each mural panel contained 192 tiles. Full scale drawings were completed by the program's art supervisor, Henry Wedemeyer, with assistance from Leonora Feiler. The designs, which reflected the Mexican muralist style, were approved by the Board of Education. Sixty workers took part in the project to transfer the designs to colored tiles and fire them in Ethel Harris' kilns. The murals were installed by Barney Villa in March 1941 and the project was completed in time for the city's annual Fiesta Week celebration. These murals are the largest surviving public artworks produced by WPA in San Antonio."
Project type: Mural/Painting
Date built or created: 1941
Location: Alamo Stadium
City: San Antonio
Condition: Pristine condition
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