Larry Dierdorff, who has painted many murals in Redlands, will present the program when the Redlands Area Historical Society meets 7 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Contemporary Club, 173 S. Eureka St., Redlands. The meeting is on a Tuesday rather than the Historical Society’s usual Monday meeting day, and it is free and open to the public. Dierdorff, who retired after a career teaching art at Fontana’s A.B. Miller High School, has painted close to 150 murals throughout Redlands, including in the downtown area and at schools, according to a news release. Redlanders began to notice Dierdorff’s work when he completed restoration of advertising on a wall facing Ed Hales Park at State and Fifth streets in downtown Redlands. Dierdorff chose to restore an advertisement for soap, choosing from several ads on the wall that had been hidden by an old post office and furniture store that was torn down in the 1970s, according to the news release. One of his latest restoration projects appears on an 1889 warehouse on Stuart Street opposite the Santa Fe Depot. The restored signage recalls the 1920s when Allen Wheaton, a Redlands mayor, owned the building. The exterior brick wall advertises hay, grain, wood, coal and fertilizer. His restoration work also includes the giant road map on the wall at the Union 76 station on Redlands Boulevard. The mural shows a map from 1946 when Redlands Boulevard was Highway 99, before the freeway came through Redlands in 1962. For information about the Redlands Area Historical Society, go to rahs.org.