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Title
Pacific Colony nursery cribs jammed together due to overcrowding, 1950
Date Created and/or Issued
February 5, 1950
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) 825-2724
Description
HEAD TO FOOT - In the overcrowded nursery at Pacific Colony, the State hospital for mental defectives, infants are housed in cribs as shown above, so close that it is possible to reach into and adjoining crib.
Type
Image
Format
b & w negative
Identifier
C1429_b87_62526-1_single frame
ark:/21198/zz00256c3q
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Memorials--California--Los Angeles County
Economy
Nurseries (Rooms & spaces)
Youth
Pacific Colony (Pomona, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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