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Title: Watts Towers considered major folk art contribution
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1962
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated April 12, 1962 reads, "Immigrant creation - Kenneth Ross, Los Angeles art commissioner, inspects Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts. Mosaic structures were repaired recently with funds donated by public. Landmark is at 1765 E. 107th St. and is open from noon to sunset daily."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00108899
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d008_f15_i17; H-2758.3 4x5
CARL0005227834
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/44127
Subject: Simon Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Towers--California--Watts (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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