Museum of the Street

Camilo José Vergara
Over Time
Origins, Africa
Religion
History & Identity
Portraits
Memorials
Motor Vehicles
Subways
Hair
Chain Link Fences
Rural Imagery
Food
Lettering & Signs
Neon Transformed
Dogs
Collections
Famous People
Socializing
Drugs, Guns, Violence
Known Artists
Municipal Art
Disappearing Art
Artists at Work

Museum of the Street

Camilo José Vergara/
Over Time/
Origins, Africa/
Religion/
History & Identity/
Portraits/
Memorials/
Motor Vehicles/
Subways/
Hair/
Chain Link Fences/
Rural Imagery/
Food/
Lettering & Signs/
Neon Transformed/
Dogs/
Collections/
Famous People/
Socializing/
Drugs, Guns, Violence/
Known Artists/
Municipal Art/
Disappearing Art/
Artists at Work/

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Museum of the Street

Religious visions, public memorials, political effigies, historical tableaux and commercial signage found in the Black and Latinx neighborhoods of America

Disappearing Art

Museum of the Street

Camilo José Vergara/
Over Time/
Origins, Africa/
Religion/
History & Identity/
Portraits/
Memorials/
Motor Vehicles/
Subways/
Hair/
Chain Link Fences/
Rural Imagery/
Food/
Lettering & Signs/
Neon Transformed/
Dogs/
Collections/
Famous People/
Socializing/
Drugs, Guns, Violence/
Known Artists/
Municipal Art/
Disappearing Art/
Artists at Work/

Grafitti at Former Hollingshead Chemical, 16th St. at Admiral Wilson Blvd., Camden, 2004

Viva La Calle 100, East Harlem, 1970 tif.

H. Rap Brown, 113th St. at S. Main St., painted in 1977, LA, Pinkney, 2004

Obama, detail of mural by Shyaan Khufu, Master Burger, 4423 S. Western Ave., L. A. 2017

Marcy Houses, 468 Marcy Ave., Brooklyn, 2008

314-Dr. Chetwin Rodgers, Pastor, 1934-1989, 4812 West Madison St., Chicago, 2011_.jpg

MLK Jr. mural at South Park Liquors by Cornell McKennon, South Avalon Boulevard at 51st Street, Los Angeles, 2006

Vestige of MLK Jr. mural at South Park Liquors by Cornell McKennon, South Avalon Boulevard at 51st Street, Los Angeles, 2013

Port Clinton, Live Fish, Kedzie Ave. South of Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, 1991 .tif

Harold Washington, Sims Corner, Champlain Ave. and E. 47th St. 1998 .tif

Mural Sponsored by Sims Barbershop, Champlain Ave. at 47th St. Chicago, 1998

Detail of mural by Donnie Carter, Hareer Food and liquors, 5452 S. Halsted St., Chicago, 2018

Brownsville Houses, 284 Sutter Ave., Brooklyn. 2013

Triangle Building, detail, 2230 Frederick Douglass Blvd., Harlem, 1997.

Black family, mural, 92nd St. at S. Main St., LA, 1996.

Lorena and Cecilia Beauty Salon, 97th St at Grandee, LA, 1997

Emperor Haile Selassie, South Side Masonic Lodge, 64th St. and Green, Chicago, 2007 tif

Former Firestone Tire Dealership, The station was demolished and replaced by a laundromat. Grand River Avenue at Chicago Avenue, Detroit, 1997

1529 North Ave., Baltimore

Day Care Center, Massachusetts St at 20th Ave, Gary, 2002

South Prairie Ave. at 61st St., Chicago, 2017

Chocolate Milk Bottle, South Prairie Ave. at 61st St., Chicago, 2017

Unique Designers, California Ave. at Harrison St., Chicago, 2019

Monroe St at 6th Ave., Gary 2007

Che 1928-1967, West 16th St. at Blue Island, Chicago, 2011.

Mural, 76 Gas Station, Sutter Ave. and Mother Gaston, Brooklyn, May 2, 2023.

''how would you like to be remembered,"Michael Jackson portrait,Fulton St. and Tomkins Ave., Brooklyn, Jun 21, 2023.

Defased mural depicting Notorious BIG and Alfred Hitchcock by Own Dippie, Decatur St. and Broadway, Brooklyn, August 14, 2023.

Portrait of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Black Panther Party of Illinois, Hoyne Ave. at W. Madison St., Chicago, 1989. This mural was near the Horner Homes, a place where Fred Hampton lived.

Detail, Black Panther mural, Hoyne Ave., at West Madison St., Chicago, 1986.

Fading Black Panther mural, featuring Angela Davis and Illinois' black Panther leader Fred Hampton who had been assasinated nearby in 1969 by the police. West Madison St. at Hoyne Avenue, Chicago, 1986

View SW towards West Madison St. and Hoyne Ave. Chicago, 1988.