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"Two BART Ladies" Mural 1999, Artist: Dragon School, 8th and Webster Streets, Oakland Chinatown, Oakland, California

Large Mural
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A large mural covered the entire back of a tall building in Oakland's Chinatown. It illustrated two regal women, each holding a BART ticket.


"Two BART Ladies" external link Mural external link 1999 external link The Dragon external link School external link   •  8th Street and Webster Street external link   •  Oakland Chinatown external link external link   •  Oakland external link California external link   •  Nikon D300S Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 11:25:07 Monday 25 October 2022)   •  (Date Published: Friday 16 December 2022)   •  © 2003 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C22_1784
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The Signature
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The signature was located in the lower left of the mural. It read, "@DragonSchool99."


"Two BART Ladies" external link Mural external link 1999 external link The Dragon external link School external link   •  8th Street and Webster Street external link   •  Oakland Chinatown external link external link   •  Oakland external link California external link   •  Nikon D300S Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 11:26:22 Monday 25 October 2022)   •  (Date Published: Friday 16 December 2022)   •  © 2003 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C22_1785
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Woman On The Left
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The woman, on the left side of the mural, wore a gold crown and held a BART ticket and a bouquet of flowers.


"Two BART Ladies" external link Mural external link 1999 external link The Dragon external link School external link   •  8th Street and Webster Street external link   •  Oakland Chinatown external link external link   •  Oakland external link California external link   •  Nikon D300S Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 11:26:33 Monday 25 October 2022)   •  (Date Published: Friday 16 December 2022)   •  © 2003 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C22_1786
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The Woman On The Right
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The Woman, on the right side of the mural, wore a golden crown and carried a skull and a BART ticket.


"Two BART Ladies" external link Mural external link 1999 external link The Dragon external link School external link   •  8th Street and Webster Street external link   •  Oakland Chinatown external link external link   •  Oakland external link California external link   •  Nikon D300S Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 11:26:35 Monday 25 October 2022)   •  (Date Published: Friday 16 December 2022)   •  © 2003 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C22_1787
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Cities Floated
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Cities floated in the background, on inverted mountains of land.


"Two BART Ladies" external link Mural external link 1999 external link The Dragon external link School external link   •  8th Street and Webster Street external link   •  Oakland Chinatown external link external link   •  Oakland external link California external link   •  Nikon D300S Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 11:26:39 Monday 25 October 2022)   •  (Date Published: Friday 16 December 2022)   •  © 2003 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C22_1788
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A Large Lake
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Also in the background was a large lake. Perhaps this lake was left behind when a city located there floated away.


"Two BART Ladies" external link Mural external link 1999 external link The Dragon external link School external link   •  8th Street and Webster Street external link   •  Oakland Chinatown external link external link   •  Oakland external link California external link   •  Nikon D300S Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 11:26:41 Monday 25 October 2022)   •  (Date Published: Friday 16 December 2022)   •  © 2003 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C22_1789
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