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Volunteers making sandwiches for occupants of Tent City II, in Los Angeles, Calif., 1986

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Title: Volunteers making sandwiches for occupants of Tent City II, in Los Angeles, Calif., 1986
Contributor: Shepler, Lori
Date Created and/or Issued: December 28, 1986
1986-12-28
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Bed and Board--Volunteers make sandwiches for occupants of Tent City II, designed to provide holiday shelter for hundreds of homeless near the Los Angeles City Hall. Men sat on steps to eat their lunch and also erected small tents to sleep in. A large main tent, donated by local firm, contains 150 cots.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b3426_304627-1
ark:/21198/zz0002n9x0
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Homeless persons--Services for--California--Los Angeles County
Activism
Volunteers--California--Los Angeles County
Shelters for the homeless--California--Los Angeles County
Economy
Homeless persons--Housing--California--Los Angeles County
Culture
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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