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Title
Couple in their dry cleaner shop
Alternative Title
Shades of L.A. Photo Collection
Contributor
Shades of L.A. is an archive of photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were chosen from family albums and include daily life, social organizations, work, personal and holiday celebrations, and migration and immigration activities. Made possible and accessible through the generous support of the Security Pacific National Bank, Sunlaw Cogeneration Partners, Photo Friends, California Council for the Humanities, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and educational use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/orderinguse.html for additional information.
The contents of this collection are restricted to personal, research, and non-commercial use. The Library cannot share the personal and/or contact information of the donors, their descendants, or associates who contributed photographs and oral histories to the collection.
Description
Odessa and Raymond Cox in the Utopia Cleaners, located at 9130 South Figueroa Street, the first Black-owned dry cleaners in Watts.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00002032
Shades of L.A. Collection; Shades of L.A.: African American Community
S-001-024 120
CARL0000016934
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/76253
Subject
Cox, Odessa,--1922-
Cox, Raymond,--1949-
Utopia Cleaners (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Business enterprises--California--Los Angeles
Laundry industry--California--Los Angeles
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Shades of L.A. Collection photographs
Shades of L.A. African American photographs
Source
Cox, Dr. Sandra

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