Lincoln, Statue of Liberty and Cesar Chavez, Restaurant Paseo San Miguel, Salvadorian Cuisine, 1560 West Martin Luther King Blvd. at La Salle St., Los Angeles, 2016

Title: Lincoln, Statue of Liberty and Cesar Chavez, Restaurant Paseo San Miguel, Salvadorian Cuisine, 1560 West Martin Luther King Blvd. at La Salle St., Los Angeles, 2016
Rights: The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Public Domain.
Creator: Vergara, Camilo J.
Date: 2016 C.E.
Description: This mural in the parking lot of a restaurant in Los Angeles, California, depicts the leader of the United Farm Workers’ movement, Cesar Chavez, alongside former President Abraham Lincoln and the Statue of Liberty. By pairing Chavez with popular American icons, the artist conveys Chavez’s cultural importance and the historical significance of his involvement with migrant farm workers in the American Southwest. The colors used in the background of the mural are red, white, and green, which represent the colors of the Mexican flag and further draw connections between the United States and Mexico’s long political history.
Format: Mural on a brick wall
Publisher: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Contributor: Melissa Valenzuela
Identifier: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. LC-DIG-vrg- 05478 (ONLINE) [P&P].
Subject: Cesar Chavez; United Farm Workers Movement; art; political art; American icons; Statue of Liberty; Abraham Lincoln.
Source: Jpg file. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. 11/3/2021. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018646579/.