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Title: Riot damage aftermath, Wilmington
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1970
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: Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph shows debris left after the rioting that took place in Wilmington in the aftermath of the East Los Angeles outbreak. Reportedly, 50 Wilmington businesses from the 700 to 1200 block of Avalon Boulevard were damaged in the form of broken windows, looting, arson, and firebombs. It is not known if the man pictured is affiliated with the business where this rubble has been piled up. Photograph dated August 31, 1970.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;20 x 25 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00095527
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 41
CARL0005101888
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/30163
Subject: Vandalism--California--Los Angeles
Fires--California--Los Angeles
Riots--California--Los Angeles
Stores & shops--California--Wilmington (Los Angeles)
Storefronts--California--Wilmington (Los Angeles)
Avalon Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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