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Title
Books for freedom
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
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
1964
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 included in the exhibit: "From Hula Hoops to Hanoi: L.A. Concerns, 1954-1965."
Photograph caption dated March 23, 1964 reads, "Valley College students, from left, Marilyn McMahon, 20; Gary Yentis, 20, and Lee Rosen, 20, stack books to send to predominantly Negro libraries in the South. More than 1,000 books have been collected."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00082902
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d027_f13_i29; H-10170.1 4x5
CARL0000025193
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/41738
Subject
Los Angeles Valley College
Los Angeles Valley College--Students
Literacy programs--United States
Books--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Civil rights movements--United States
Community colleges--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Community college students--California--Los Angeles
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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