Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
3 images. Black houses in Venice, 14 September 1960. Houses and fences which were painted white turned gray overnight. Mrs. Margaret Everson (house turned from white to gray) Mrs. Pearl Ward (gate turned gray) David Rodgers (Air Pollution Control District). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Tompkins. Date: 1960-09-14. Reporter: Tompkins. Assignment: Houses in Venice turn black and orange. 130-131d: Mrs. Margaret Everson stands bewildered in front of home at 2718 Strongs Drive, Venice, that turned from white to a dingy gray overnight. 110d: Mrs. Pearl Ward stands by gate that yesterday was pure white. She lives at 2704 Pacific Avenue, Venice. 100-101d: Senior Inspector David Rodgers of the Air Pollution Control District takes sample of water from Grand Canal to determine exact cause of peculiar phenomena".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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