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Title
Eviction in Chávez Ravine
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1959
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
All was quiet on the Chávez Ravine battlefront on May 16, 1959. Avrana and Manuel Arechiga are the only remaining eviction warriors there; he's sweeping the dirt off the "front porch" of their tent. Protest signs are posted nearby.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00050957
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 7520.
CARL0000055016
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/23593
Subject
Arechiga, Avrana
Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles
Eviction--California--Los Angeles
Chávez Ravine (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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