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Title: Watts Towers, Los Angeles, after 1954
Creator: Rodia, Simon, 1879-1965
Shulman, Julius
Date Created and/or Issued: 1981
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: Library Exhibits Collection
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Description: Photograph of the Watts Towers (aka Simon Roda's Towers), Los Angeles, after 1954. The high-angle photograph features the Watts Towers composition seen through the construction's elements. The composition was designed and built by Simon Rodia
completed in 1954.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier: shulman-m197
shulman-1997-JS-17-ISLA
http://doi.org/10.25549/shulman-m197
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/shulman-1997-JS-17-ISLA.jpg
Subject: Simon Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Vernacular architecture
Cities
Time Period: 1981
Place: California
Los Angeles
USA
Watts
Source: shulman-1997-JS-16-ISLA [Original Filename]
Relation: L.A. Obscura: The Architectural Photography of Julius Shulman. Fisher Gallery, Spring 1998
Library Exhibits Collection

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