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Title
Estrada Courts Housing Project
Alternative Title
Housing Authority Photo Collection;
Creator
Luckhaus Studio
Contributor
This is a reproduction made from the original print owned by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Date Created and/or Issued
1942
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
View of the area before 125 houses were demolished for the building of the Estrada Courts Housing Project, which contained 214 dwelling units in 31 buildings for an estimated population of 750. Cost of the project was $942,031. It was ready for occupancy on July 1, 1942. The nearest major intersection to the project is East 8th Street and Lorena Street. A sign announces the coming of Estrada Courts. Photo date: January 12, 1942.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00062398
Housing Authority Collection;
GPC_b33_f1; A-006-263.4 4x5
CARL0000066453
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/838
Subject
Estrada Courts (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Public housing--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles
Housing Authority Collection photographs

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