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Title: Scaffolding around Watts Towers in Watts, Calif., 1988
Contributor: Kelsey, Thomas
Date Created and/or Issued: May 2, 1988
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) 825-3452
Description: The Watts Towers had been closed since 1978 for restoration work, which at the time of this photograph was still unfinished.
The scaffolding that brackets the famed Watts Towers symbolizes the community's chagrin over the seemingly endless restoration project.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b3892_306764-1
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Landmarks
Simon Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Conservation and restoration
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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