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Images of central L.A.: Civic Center skyline at night; Wilshire Boulevard in MacArthur Park; elevated view of City Hall, Hall of Records, former Los Angeles Times building; Pershing Square; Chinatown; J. W. Robinson department store; Western Auto Supply; Los Angeles Times building at First and Spring Streets; Echo Park; Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum; Richfield Oil building; Sixth Street bridge; Arroyo Parkway (Figueroa Street) tunnels. Also includes images of children around what appears to be temporary housing.
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Date
1925-1934
Call number
photCL MLP 3863
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