Photo shows some of the young adults, ages 14 thru 24, waiting to fill out applicatons for the Watts Community Conservation Corps. Standing in the foreground is Ted Watkins, Project Director, personally passing out applications. More than 500 applicatons were filled out for the 10 week summer work program provided by a grant from the Department of Labor. Photo dated: July 1, 1967.
Watts Community Conservation Corps (Watts, Los Angeles, Calif.) Youth--California--Watts (Los Angeles) Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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