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Title
Four men work on widening the road through Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued
April 1933
1933-04
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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Related to the articles, "High and Low Wield Picks in R.F.C. Relief Project: Motley Crew Found at Work on Griffith Park Roads, With Many Driving Own Cars to Job," Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 1933: 19, and "Park Drive Job Proving Unique, Griffith Road Being Rushed by R.F.C. Work army, Six Thousand Men Finding Daily Employment, Widened Highway to Offer Rare Valley View." 2 Apr. 1933: pg. 18.
Four men with shovels and picks work on widening a road in Griffith Park. Dozens of cars can be seen parked along a long stretch of the road.
Text from negative sleeve: United States Reconstruction Finance Corp. Griffith Park Road Building
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4080
ark:/21198/zz002cpt27
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Laborers--California--Los Angeles
Depressions--California--Los Angeles
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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