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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

Year1915
Classification painting
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions7' x 24'
Credits Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
  • 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.