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Title: Groundbreaking ceremony for Watts City Hall, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: January 16, 1936
1936-01-16
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 Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Groundbreaking ceremonies took place at the future site of a new civic building in Watts, on 1519 One Hundred and Third street, on January 16, 1936.
A large crowd gathers around construction vehicles at the ground breaking ceremony for a new civic building in Watts.
Handwritten on negative: Ground Breaking Watts City Hall
Text from negative sleeve: 3259 --- Councilman Buyers, Emily Vincent, Paul G. Ritter, Mayor Shaw, Otto B. Frank, Ground Breaking Watts City Hall 1-16-36 [stamped:] JAN 19 1936 JAN 21 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12132
ark:/21198/zz002h849g
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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