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Title
Avalon Gardens
Creator
Nadel, Leonard
Contributor
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Date Created and/or Issued
1950 April 3
Publication Information
Southern California Library for Social Studies & Research
Contributing Institution
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Collection
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles Photograph Collection
Rights Information
Copyrighted
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Description
Photograph of a neighborhood carnival at the Avalon Gardens public housing development, located at 88th Place and Avalon Boulevard in South Los Angeles. Avalon Gardens was constructed under the 1937 Housing Act and its 164 units were completed in May 1942. This image depicts children and adults as they stand in line to ride a Ferris wheel.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print ; 11 x 14 inches
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5779q9pt
clscls_148
P-004
Language
English
Subject
Housing
Housing developments
City Planning
Carnival games
Children playing outdoors
Ferris wheels
Avalon Gardens (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.)

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