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Title
A boy stands on a lawn in front of old Quayle properties on Griffin Avenue between Manitou and Baldwin streets, Los Angeles, 1930
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1930
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph of a neighborhood boy standing on a lawn lining Griffin Avenue while the old Quayle properties stand on the far side of the street. The front lawn of a house stretches across the foreground. A boy in baggy overalls dons a yarmulke(?) while he stands on the lawn at center. Behind him, a sidewalk lines Griffin Avenue which passes across the mid-ground. Three houses stand in a row on the opposite side of the street. A palm tree stands in front of each of the houses and a car is parked in front of the rightmost house.
Text from negative sleeve: 1678. Los Angeles, California. Griffin Avenue, East Los Angeles. [Handwritten:] 1930 [end handwritten] The old Quayle properties between Manitou and Baldwin streets, before the palm trees were cut down and the places renovated. The boy on the lawn is from across the street; name unknown. 1 film.
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1678_001
ark:/21198/zz002htsrj
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Residential streets--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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