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Title
Avalon Gardens housing project
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
O'Brien Photos
Date Created and/or Issued
1946
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
Night view of murals on walls of the model of an apartment at Avalon Gardens housing project on May 20, 1946. Spectators line up to inspect the model. The exhibit was sponsored by First Federal Savings and Loan Association. This was the city's first housing project, located in southeast Los Angeles, completed for war workers.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00055120
Herald Examiner Collection
L.A.-Residences-Housing projects-Avalon Gardens.; A-006-087.2 4x5
CARL0000060471
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/22038
Subject
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, California
Public housing--California--Los Angeles
Housing projects--California--Los Angeles
Murals--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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