Column: Murals from Route 66 motel make the scene

Marilyn Anderson and Dave Stevens of the Cooper Regional History Museum say they have a find: some 45 feet of murals painted in 1950 for the Red Chief Motel in Rancho Cucamonga. (Photo by David Allen)

Marilyn Anderson and Dave Stevens of the Cooper Regional History Museum say they have a find: some 45 feet of murals painted in 1950 for the Red Chief Motel in Rancho Cucamonga. (Photo by David Allen)

Murals from the old Red Chief Motel’s restaurant have been pulled from storage and put on view at Upland’s Cooper Museum. My column Wednesday is about the murals and the motel, with some details provided from the 1940s by an eyewitness.

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