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Th;s image ihows a myra that Emigdio Higgy Vasquez i restoring in Anaheim.*•»!The murafs were parted by Vasauez’s father a so named Emigdio Vasquez: *'js-oac* ngfabels a nod to an orange producer• -fy -vt ■ .v-;.- - ,Safe?s.-IfiiSCo :■ ;2‘*fees..... J1j’. ^ 'Moralist Emigdio “Htggy' Vasqueposes Monday mront of amura: painted by his father, that he’s restorinan Anaherepairs i;eitrus-crelt;By Joseph Pimentel .»'I mmdio HiggN Vasquez. Jr. presses i; : Jit hand against a peeling mural on the wall,Jrthe paint. Red graffiti mars the scene.The mural is one of three depictions of orange crate labels that Vasquez's late father, Emigdio. painted in Citrus Park when it opened 23 years ago.Emigdio Vasquez. know n as the “godfather of Chicano artwas asked in 1994 by the city to create the three 5.5-bv-6-footmural- Now. the ■ it has asked his son to restore them“It s a special honor to know my dad was here painting this before me said Vasquez. 4S of Santa Ana who is also an artist.The ot\ , ■ 'inmisi,-neti V isque/ tlt; S~ o tlt; re dlt; ins father artwi irk w hkh -he*w. .uses three ie»inu citru- packing labels. TheLibels were designed in the early 1900s for two local packing houses St ott-Burden Inc and Anaheim Citrus Fruit .Association. At its peak in 193s Anaheim boasted 67.500 acres of orangecrops and produced 9.3 million boxes of the fruit a year, accord*MURALS » PAGE 5*eat .ce3
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Anaheim Bulletin
Anaheim, California, US
Thu, Apr 27, 2017
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