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Title: Street scene at Central Avenue and 12th St., Los Angeles, 1947
Alternative Title: Scenes on Central Avenue
Contributor: Swett, Ira L.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1947
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Central Avenue is a major north-south thoroughfare in the central portion of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. From approximately 1920 to 1955, Central Avenue was the heart of the African-American community in Los Angeles, with active rhythm and blues and jazz music scenes.
Street scene at the intersection of Central Avenue and 12th Street with cars and a streetcar.
Ira L. Swett, the photographer of this image, was born in Los Angeles in 1913. He was an authority on electric railways in Los Angeles, about which he wrote several articles and books.
Written on back of photo: Central Ave. at 12th Street, Los Angeles 1947. Photo by Ira Swett / L.A. #05266 Magna Collection
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b17_f03_006a.tif
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Subject: Street railroads
Commercial streets
Central Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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