Artist: Bob McCausland (original)
Restoration & additions: Gavin Miller
Aberdeen Washington 1889 - 2014 (outdoor)
Location: Swanson's Market, 217 N. Boone Street South wal
The portion of the mural to the left of the clock is Bob McCausland’s depiction of Grays Harbor circa 1931-1934 with Swanson’s Grocery delivering provisions to the USS Constitution while it visited Grays Harbor. The portion of the mural to the right of the clock, painted by Gavin Miller in 2014, shows the Seaport Landing, the home of the Lady Washington, Washington State’s official ship, and her consort, the Hawaiian Chieftain, which has since been privately purchased and moved to another port. The Seaport Landing is just east of Swanson’s on Boone Street. See close up details below.
Dates: Original completion in 1989 and restored by Gavin Miller 2012-2013: Seaport Landing segments added in 2014 by Gavin Miller.
Commissioned: Washington State Centennial Committee and Our Aberdeen
Sponsors:
Grays Harbor Community Foundation
City of Aberdeen
Clark & Kensington Paint
Dennis Company
Swanson Grocery
Ella and Truman Seely
International Longshore and Warehouse Union 24
Other murals by Bob McCausland:
