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Title: Newton's last stand
Alternative Title: Housing Authority Photo Collection;
Contributor: This is a reproduction made from the original print owned by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1948
Publication Information: Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, California
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: Picture credited to the Daily news.
A poignant view of a very determined looking elderly woman, dressed in a bathrobe, wool socks and a prim looking hat, sitting in the rubble of a once grand house which is being demolished. Photo is labeled "Newton's last stand," and refers to freeway construction.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00017606
Housing Authority Collection;
GPC_b29_f1; A-004-109.1 4x5
CARL0000004606
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/3474
Subject: Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Poor--California--Los Angeles

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