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Title
Million-dollar blight
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1965
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
Photograph caption dated May 3, 1965 reads, "Abandoned automobile, its shredded upholstery a nesting place for rodents, is one of many blights on the face of Antelope Valley. Indiscriminate dumping, which is threatening to turn the entire valley into a blight area, destroys beauty of new $21,000 homes shown here."; See images #00115782 through #00115784 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00115782
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d017_f29_i9
CARL0005329599
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/50068
Subject
Abandonment of automobiles--California--Antelope Valley
Vacant lands--California--Antelope Valley
Open spaces--California--Antelope Valley
Dwellings--California--Antelope Valley
Land use--California--Antelope Valley
Antelope Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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