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Allegory of San Francisco by Abraham Lincoln Cooper
Photo CreditBlake Marvin
Allegory of San Francisco
Photo CreditBlake Marvin

Allegory of San Francisco

Artist
Year1915
Classification painting
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions7' x 24'
Credits Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • Commemorates completion of Canal in 1915, with celebration of event at PPIE, San Francisco, 1915; ships pass along in canal at right, while heavy construction equipment continues last stages of work in left foreground; workmen about.