As explained below, these murals depict the 'Social Realism' of 1934. The crates have the National Recovery Act (NRA) emblem on the sides with the blue eagle and NRA in red letters.
The National Recovery Administration was part of the New Deal agency established by U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 to create jobs that brought industry, labor, and government together.
Recovered murals depicting workers in differrent stages of the of the tuna-fishing industry along the harbor in San Diego. These murals were found behind the dry wall in the SDSU library.
The white circle in the mural was where a pipe in the library's wall went through the mural.
The white square is where the air conditioning vent was located.
Mario is pointing out pictures of the workers in the fishing factory.
Images of members of the Asian community who worked as cannery workers in the factory.