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Farmworker in an empty field at the Los Angeles County Farm, Downey, 1920-1939

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Title: Farmworker in an empty field at the Los Angeles County Farm, Downey, 1920-1939
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1920-1939]
1920/1939
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.
Photograph of farmworker carrying a shovel and staking equipment (?) and looking at the photographer in a vacant field at the Los Angeles County Farm.
The Los Angeles County Farm, founded in 1887-1980's, was a poor farm and medical facility. Located south of the Imperial Highway in Downey, many of its buildings still stand (2015).
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles County Farm
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10561
ark:/21198/zz002hbjpv
Subject: Farms--California--Downey
Almshouses--California--Downey
Agricultural laborers--American--California--Downey
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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