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Title
Los Angeles County Farm silos
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1930
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
A row of grain storage silos at the Los Angeles County Farm in Downey. The farm contained 400 acres of farm land. There were 26 buildings on the farm, and the average daily attendance in 1923 was 766 persons. The net cost per day per resident was 62 cents. The farm was operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Charities. One source dates the photo as taken in May 1933, and another April 8, 1928.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00072835
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Downey-L.A. County Farm; N-000-090 5x7
CARL0000075233
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/114004
Subject
Los Angeles County Farm (Downey, Calif.)
Farms--California--Downey
Silos--California--Downey
Agriculture--California--Downey
Downey (Calif.)
Los Angeles County Department of Charities

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