In 1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo became the first European explorer to see the coast of California. This statue of the explorer “Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo” was made in cast concrete by Henry Lion in 1936. It was a Federal Art Project…. read more
The school contains two oil on canvas murals entitled “Life and Travels of Richard Henry Dana, Jr.,” one depicting a scene by the shore and another among the waves. The murals, by Adrien Machefert, were funded by the WPA Federal… read more
The Federal Building and Post Office in San Pedro CA was built in 1936 by the Treasury Department. It also formerly served as a U.S. Customs Office. The building has recently undergone a major renovation. The design is a good… read more
“Built in 1941, this Public Works Administration [PWA] “Streamlined Moderne” building was the base for an auto ferry which crossed the channel at regular intervals from San Pedro to a sister building on Terminal Island. It served navy personnel, fishing… read more
An article in the Illustrated Daily News noted that as part of a group of 8 federally funded projects in the early period of the New Deal was “No. 3 – Construction of a municipal fish market in San Pedro…. read more
'The passenger terminal at the port of Los Angeles consists of a reinfoced concrete wharf and a transit shed, 120 by 440 feet, providing 26,000 feet of roofed cargo area. The passengers are separated from the cargo handling and trucking… read more
“Point Fermin Park is located in the San Pedro district, on the bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. With the addition of the Wilder tract to this Park, we were able to use a great many R.F.C. [Reconstruction Finance Corporation] and… read more
“The mural Mail Transportation was painted by Fletcher Martin. Martin was a self-taught artist, and he won the commission to paint the murals among seventy-seven artists. By the age of twelve he was working as a printer. He dropped out… read more
"Allen Field was a small 410-acre civilian airport built in 1927 on a portion of the expanded section of Terminal Island. Terminal Island is a sand-filled island located adjacent to the port of Los Angeles and expanding between the harbors… read more
“Although it is the third oldest school in the Los Angeles School District, an entirely new campus was built for San Pedro High School following the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake. Designed by renowned southern California architect Gordon B. Kaufmann, the… read more
The series of oil on canvas murals "Industrial Life in San Pedro" by Tyrone Comfort includes four 4' x 8' panels and five 10' x 8' panels. There are also supposed to be four murals by Ross Dickinson, and two… read more
According to an article in the Illustrated Daily News, as part of a group of 8 federally funded projects was “No. 6 – Relocation of tracks around west basin, $1,470,000; will employ 210 to 300 men for from 18 to… read more
Below are scenes from the PWA construction of this sewer system.