Sepia image of a color mural depicting an overland mail stage. MacGurrin noted "The map section of the Butterfield Stage mural is principally concerned in showing the stage route from Los Angeles to the Mexican border. ... The left end panel shows the stage arriving at the Los Angeles station, which was in the old Bella Union Hotel on Main Street. Beside the driver sits a guard; behind them a commercial traveler and a gambler. The right end panel is intended to indicate the dangers which awaited the stages. There is an Apache Indian on horseback, a Comanche Indian with war bonnet, a Mexican bandit and some American desperados." One of ten murals depicting events in the history of California. They were originally created for the Los Angeles County Hall of Records in 1936 and 1937. All were removed from the building prior to its demolition on July 7, 1973. All are believed to be in storage for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
