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Title
Would-be race riot in 1800 E. 70th
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1949
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 caption reads, "Civil rights mob with rabble rousers leading them on front porch at 1863 E. 70th, where W.H. Whitson is selling his home to a negro family." Photograph dated September 7, 1949.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00033898
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 3461.
CARL0000035944
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/11252
Subject
Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles
Civil rights demonstrations--California--Los Angeles
Racism--California--Los Angeles
African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964
African Americans--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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