Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the Watts Towers, sculpted by Simon Rodia at 1765 East One Hundred-Seventh Street, [s.d.]. The tall, tapered towers can be seen on a median in the middle of a wide paved street at center. The towers are constructed of metal, concrete, and scrap material and the tallest rises almost one hundred feet in the air. A truck can be seen parked near the base of the towers at left, while a large building is visible in the background at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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