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Title
Addicts smoking crack in downtown Los Angeles, Calif., 1988
Contributor
Rapping, Anacleto
Date Created and/or Issued
April 18, 1988
1988-04-18
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
Drug area in downtown LA, around Alexandria Hotel, 5th & 7th streets and Spring & Broadway.
…users light pipes filled with rock cocaine in an alley.
Type
image
Format
b&w negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b3891_306721-1
ark:/21198/zz0002q9cm
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Crime
Drug addicts--California--Los Angeles County
Crack (Drug)
Drug abuse--California--Los Angeles County
Lifestyle
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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