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Dorothy Jane Bearcroft poses next to a model of the Hoover Dam at the National Housing Exposition, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Dorothy Jane Bearcroft poses next to a model of the Hoover Dam at the National Housing Exposition, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: May, 1935
1935-05
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The Los Angeles National Housing Exposition opened on May 19, 1935 and was extended an extra week into June. Hundreds of exhibitors gathered at the Pan Pacific Auditorium, which used to be on 7600 West Beverly Boulevard.
Young Dorothy Jane sits beside a model of Hoover Dam, complete with a small pool of water and the facilities located at the base. Written on the wall are, "Los Angeles Invites The World 1938 Boulder Dam Worlds Fair."
Handwritten on negative: Dorothy Jane Bearcroft
Text from negative sleeve: NATIONAL HOUSING EXPOSITION National Housing Exposition X
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6777
ark:/21198/zz002cx29c
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
Models
Children--California--Los Angeles
Mandelin, Dorothy Jane Bearcroft, b. 1931
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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