Lilli Ann

Lilli Ann was a clothing company that was started in San Francisco, California in 1934 by Adolph Schuman, and named for his wife Lillian Brown.

Lilli Ann company

Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the company was known for its good workmanship and high-quality fabrics.

Lilli Ann building

The former Lilli Ann building is at 2701 16th Street in the Mission District.

In 1986, local Chicano artist Elias Rocha painted a four-storey-high mural (46-feet by 46-feet), designed by Jesus "Chuy" Campusano on the 17th Street side wall of the Lilli Ann building, with the permission of the Lilli Ann Corp., and funded by $40,000 grant from the Mayor's Office of Community Development. The mural was painted over in July 1998, which spurred community protests, and a lawsuit. After more than a year of litigation, a settlement agreement awarded $200,000 to the plaintiffs, Andres Campusano and his sister, Sandra Campusano Camacho and Elias Rocha.

"The case ended with the payment of $200,000 by the Corts (Robert J. Cort, Individually and As Trustee of the Robert J. Cort Trust) in exchange for rights to the mural. St. Paul (St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins.) was the Corts' general liability carrier"

The mural will not be restored.

University Games Corporation has leased two floors of the Lilli Ann building.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Adolph Schuman Dies at 73; Was Apparel Maker on Coast". The New York Times. UPI. October 2, 1985. retrieved August 1, 2006
  2. ↑ https://iandrummondvintage.com/blogs/fashion-history/lilli-ann
  3. ↑ https://vintagefashionguild.org/resources/item/label/lilli-ann/
  4. ↑ https://www.chronicallyvintage.com/2014/06/a-brief-history-of-lilli-ann.html
  5. ↑ https://www.aenigma-images.com/tag/adolph-schuman/
  6. ↑ Brazil, Eric (December 19, 1998). "New hope for big mural in Mission". SFGate. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  7. ↑ "Graphic Art on Van Ness". SFGATE. 7 April 1995. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Elias Rocha Obituary (2007) - San Francisco, CA". Legacy.com. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Elias Rocha". SFMOMA. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  10. ↑ Delgado, Ray (7 August 1998). "Sprightly Mission mural now just a wall". SFGATE. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  11. 1 2 Gledhill, Lynda (5 August 1998). "Mission Mural now a Whitewashed Wall". SFGate. Chronicle Staff. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  12. ↑ Hendricks, Tyche (September 23, 1998). "Mural missed, Mission miffed". SFGate. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  13. ↑ Haithman, Diane (16 June 2006). "A coverup? Not so fast". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  14. ↑ Furth, Wynne S. (March 29, 2003). "Municipal Litigation Update" (PDF). League of California Cities.
  15. ↑ "Artists vs. Landlords". Law.com. November 2, 1999. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  16. ↑ "Robert J. Cort, Individually and As Trustee of the Robert J. Cort Trust, Plaintiffs-appellants, v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Companies, Inc. and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Inc., Defendants-appellees, 311 F.3d 979 (9th Cir. 2002)". Justia Law. Retrieved 22 June 2026.

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