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Title
Exterior view of the Federal prison at Los Angeles Harbor, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued
1938
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Federal prison at Los Angeles Harbor, 1938. The two-story building with a flat roof can be seen at center from above. A tall fence can be seen on part of the building at left, while a courtyard area is visible at the center of the prison. Windows are visible on the portion of the building in the background. A water tower can be seen beyond the prison at center. The ocean water can be seen at left and in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m18610 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37069
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18610
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37069.jpg
Subject
Jails
Prisons
Los Angeles--Prisons
Los Angeles County Jail
Correctional facilities
Time Period
1938
Place
Buena Vista and Temple Streets
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
37069 [Accession number]
CHS-37069 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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