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Title
Wooden shacks, slum housing
Alternative Title
Housing Authority Photo Collection;
Contributor
This is a reproduction made from the original print owned by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Publication Information
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, California
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
Exterior view of a wooden shack. Several children are standing on the left side of the building. Caption reads, "There are two such houses on this lot. One bedroom, a toilet and bath in each shack. Two adults and two children live in one shack and two adults and three children in the other. These buildings were condemned by the Fire Department some months ago but occupants have no place to go."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00033643
Housing Authority Collection;
GPC_b28_f4; A-004-105.37 4x5
CARL0000035680
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/1188
Subject
Children--California--Los Angeles
Poor families--California--Los Angeles
Low-income housing--California--Los Angeles
Housing Authority Collection photographs

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