Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated July 20, 1965 reads, "Artist Simon Rodia died on July 17, but in the famed towers of Watts which he spent 33 years to build, he lives on. At memorial services with the towers in the background are, from left: Brenda Saville, Chairman of the Committee for Simon Rodia Towers; J.J. Beljon, a sculptor from The Hague, Holland; and N.J. Goldstone."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;28 x 22 cm. Photographic prints
Beljon, J. J Rodia, Simon,--1879-1965--Death and burial Simon Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.) Memorial rites and ceremonies--California--Los Angeles Sculptors--Netherlands Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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