Image / Antonio Chacon looks for gold, Los Angeles, 1938

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Title: Antonio Chacon looks for gold, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued: December 11, 1938
1938-12-11
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.
This photograph may be associated with the article, “CITY OR DESERT, GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT,” Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 1938: A2.
Photograph of Antonio Chacon holding a small vial. In front of him there are two buckets, and behind him is the Los Angeles River. He is searching for gold.
Text from negative sleeve: 15168—Antonio Chacon, L.A. River, Gold Digger, H-13 + H-15, Dec 11 1938, [Stamped:] DEC 15 1938.
Handwritten on negative: Antonio Chacon 12-11-38.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11875
ark:/21198/zz002h8qnv
Subject: Pails
Gold miners--California--Los Angeles
Gold mining--California--Los Angeles
Rivers--California--Los Angeles
Chacon, Antonio, 1878-1956
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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