/ Central Avenue "urchin," Los Angeles, 1940s

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Title: Central Avenue "urchin," Los Angeles, 1940s
Date Created and/or Issued: [1940s?]
1940/1949
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
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Description: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
This young woman was raised on Central Avenue, and alternately used and protected by the guys there. She is unidentified. The back of the picture says "Mrs. Wilson" but it is unclear if that was her name.
Type
Identifier: YRLSC_gordonphotos_0105
105
Collection 1867 Box 1 Folder 4
ark:/21198/zz0025p4ht
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Lifestyle
African American women--California--Los Angeles
Source: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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