Photograph caption reads: "Demian Keys, 8, lived with his mother Sheryl Neira, and younger brother in this legally uninhabitable unit that was rented to them by Caltrans for $65 a month". Demian, barefoot, stands in a dilapidated kitchen that has bare cubpoards, some without doors, and walls with chinks between the wood planks. Photograph dated: April 16, 1979.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;31 x 23 cm. Photographic prints
California.--Department of Transportation Landlords--California--Los Angeles Poor children--California--Los Angeles Slums--California--Los Angeles Building deterioration--California--Los Angeles Weathering of buildings--California--Los Angeles Poor families--California--Los Angeles Kitchens--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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