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Title
Prisoner's shoe shop, jail, Los Angeles, 1952
Date Created and/or Issued
1952-11-04
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights Information
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California
specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph. "A shoe shop which is operated by inmates makes the necessary repairs to the shoes belonging to the 3,000 prisoners. This project alone saves $14,000 each year for taxpayers." -- typed note attached to verso, dated 4 November 1952.
Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
examiner-m4594
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-149
http://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m4594
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-149.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--City--Buildings--Civic--Jails
Time Period
1952-11-04
Place
-118.24187,34.05637
-118.24152,34.05569
-118.2419,34.0552
-118.24244,34.05572
California
County Jail
Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles
USA
Source
3-1275-02805-2828 [Barcode]
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-149 [Original Filename]
Subjects 320 [Print Box]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
examiner-m4404

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