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Know Your City No.172 Los Angeles City Jail building and surrounding grounds in 1956

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Title: Know Your City No.172 Los Angeles City Jail building and surrounding grounds in 1956
Date Created and/or Issued: May 8, 1956
1956-05-08
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: ANSWER: Just to let down the bars and tell you, the building in the photo is the City Jail. The picture was taken from Elysian Park Drive on the west side of the Los Angeles River.
KNOW YOUR CITY, NO.172 -- This isn’t a watch factory, although a lot of time made here. And the Communists wish they had so many cells. Even if this is seldom-seen angle, you surely can guess after those hints. See Page 30, Part ll.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b257_95950GM-1
ark:/21198/zz0002t7h2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Legal
Crime
Jails--California--Los Angeles County
Environment
Los Angeles County Jail (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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