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Title: Los Angeles Orphanage
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950
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: Photo caption reads: "Youngsters play in the yard of the Los Angeles Orphanage building. The red brick structure has commanded the eastern approaches to downtown Los Angeles since 1890. This landmark, under supervision of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, has been a home of mercy and kindness to more than 9000 homeless children". Los Angeles Orphanage is at 917 South Boyle Avenue. Photo date: July 31, 1950.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00044473
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 8982
CARL0000047906
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/14015
Subject: Los Angeles Orphanage
Orphans--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles)
Orphanages--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles)
Girls--Institutional care--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles)
Play environments--California--Boyle Heights (Los Angeles)
Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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