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Image / Interior view of "Trusty dormitory" at the Los Angeles County Jail, ca.1940-1949

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Title
Interior view of "Trusty dormitory" at the Los Angeles County Jail, ca.1940-1949
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1940/1949
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 interior view of "Trusty dormitory" at the Los Angeles County Jail, ca.1940-1949. A long, narrow room can be seen at center. Small metal beds line the walls at right and left. The beds are covered with light-colored sheets and pillows. In the background, two beds can be seen on a raised platform. The walls of the room are made of brick. The prison was built in 1902.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3919
USC-2-1-1-4008 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44576
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3919
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44576.jpg
Subject
Jails
Prisons
Dormitories
Los Angeles--Prisons
Los Angeles County Jail
Correctional facilities
Time Period
circa 1940/1949
Place
Buena Vista and Temple Streets
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
44576 [Accession number]
CHS-44576 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 40726; unidentified no: 84-1-990 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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