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Charles Kassler, 1934

Fullerton Union High School campus
Plummer Auditorium
201 E Chapman Ave
Fullerton, CA 92832

• Fullerton’s oldest extant mural
• Commissioned during the Great Depression before the official launch of the Federal Work Projects Administration
• Was deemed “vulgar” and “inappropriate” by the High School District and Junior College Board of Trustees in 1939 and ordered painted over
• Remained covered until 1997, when it was restored by community volunteers
• Preservation remarkable due to fresco technique employed by Kassler – minimum restoration was needed