[1712] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Estevan Martinez)
Thu Dec 15 20:48:25 2005
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:48:05 -0500
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From: Estevan Martinez <tevin@mit.edu>
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Hey everyone. Someone tracked down one of the original artists of the
dollar bill mural. I got in touch with him and this is what he had to
say about it's creation. Enjoy this little bit of MIT history.
~milo
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>Is it true that the mural will be taken down or is this an unsubstantiated
>rumor?
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>The mural was done in the spring of 1970 I think it was- or perhaps the
>fall of 1970. At that time the administration issued an invitation for
>students to decorate the Infinite Corridor. 1969-1970 was in the middle of
>the Vietman War with student protests etc. The mural projects were
>probably a way to defuse the tension around campus at that time. I
>graduated in 1973. When I returned to campus a number of years later all
>of the murals had been painted over except the $$ Bill and the one near
>Lobby 7 with people walking with interconnected arms.
>
>The group which painted the mural were mostly, if not all, from ATO.
>Steve Barr was the lead artist as I recall.
>
>I like to think of the mural as the "Largest Single Dollar" gift to MIT.
>It would be terrible to destroy the largest such gift.
>
>Joe Hadzima
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