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Title
Oak in Placerita Canyon
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1937
Publication Information
Federal Writers' Project
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
View of the "Oak of Golden Dreams" in Placerita Canyon, where gold was first discovered in California in 1842 when Francisco Lopez was pulling wild onions. Photo dated October 28, 1937.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00064773
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 1588 4x5
CARL0000068559
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/2526
Subject
Oaks--California--Los Angeles County
Trees--California--Los Angeles County
Gold--California--Los Angeles County--History
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Placerita Canyon (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Works Progress Administration Collection photographs

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