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Title: Simon Rodia and his Watts Towers, portrait
Date Created and/or Issued: ca. 1953
1948/1958
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Italian American immigrant Simon Rodia poses with his artistic creation, popularly known as the Watts Towers, in the background.
Simon Rodia single-handedly created the artwork over a period of 34 years on a triangular lot at 1761-1765 East 107th Street in Los Angeles.
Type: image
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb8b69p1vb
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Environment
Rodia, Simon, 1879-1965
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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