• The History of Transportation - Dusk The History of Transportation - Dusk
  • View of Grevillea Art Park with the Mural Beyond - Dusk View of Grevillea Art Park with the Mural Beyond - Dusk
  • Grevillea Art Park Sign Detail Grevillea Art Park Sign Detail
  • The Mural  - Section 1 The Mural - Section 1
  • Detail - Walking Detail - Walking
  • Detail - Wheels Detail - Wheels
  • The Mural - Section 2 The Mural - Section 2
  • Detail - Oxen and horse drawn carts Detail - Oxen and horse drawn carts
  • Detail - Section 3 Detail - Section 3
  • Detail -  Train Detail - Train
  • Detail - Automobiles Detail - Automobiles
  • Detail - Section 4 Detail - Section 4
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  • The Mural - Section 5 The Mural - Section 5
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  • The Mural - Section 6 The Mural - Section 6
  • Detail - Airplanes Detail - Airplanes
  • Detail Section 6 Detail Section 6
  • When the mural was resited, the City installed signposts to highlight some of the features of the mural and the conservation process When the mural was resited, the City installed signposts to highlight some of the features of the mural and the conservation process
  • Siting of the Mural Siting of the Mural
  • Physical Elements of the Mural Physical Elements of the Mural
  • Mural Condition Mural Condition
  • Restoration of the Mural Restoration of the Mural
     
THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION (1940)

Artist
Helen Lundeberg

Restoration and Interpretive Kiosks
Sculpture Conservation Studios

Relocation Landscape Architect
Randall Meyer and Associates

Collection
City of Inglewood

Medium
Mural

Material
Mortar and crushed rock on 60 consecutive panels

Size
240' long x 8' high

For more information
please download
The History of Transportation Brochure

The History of Transportation by Helen Lundeberg shows the history of human transportation in the Centinela Valley, including Inglewood. The mural demonstrates technological changes in transportation from walking to horses and carts, to railroads and propeller-driven airplanes.

The History of Transportation was a commission from the Federal Works Progress Administration and the largest mural in that program.

The mural, now in Grevillea Art Park, was originally sited along one of Inglewood's most traveled commuter arteries. After car accidents destroyed two of the sixty panels, a multifaceted, four-year conservation effort began. Artisans constructed replacement panels for the originals, acknowledging the replacements with an intentionally simplified mosaic style. After restoration, the mural was re-sited on specially landscaped City property as the primary work in Grevillea Art Park. It faces Inglewood High School along the City's busy Manchester Boulevard.

Lundeberg's original drawings for The History of Transportation are in the collection of the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno. Art Conservator Rosa Lowinger details the enormous effort of restoration, made possible by the City, the Getty Conservation Institute, and many individuals in her podcast.