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Title
Spencer family, slum housing
Alternative Title
Housing Authority Photo Collection;
Creator
Nadel, Leonard
Contributor
This is a reproduction made from the original print owned by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Date Created and/or Issued
1951
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
Interior view of slum housing which is home to Mr. & Mrs. Joe Spencer and their four children. The house, which is approximately 160 square feet, has no plumbing, no gas, no toilet, and ceilings which are only 5'8" high.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00033556
Housing Authority Collection;
GPC_b33_f1; A-006-256.2 4x5
CARL0000035578
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/1056
Subject
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, California
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Poor families--California--Los Angeles
Low-income housing--California--Los Angeles
Wooden-frame houses--California--Los Angeles
Housing Authority Collection photographs

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