Four men work on widening the road through Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1933

Title: Four men work on widening the road through Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created: April 1933
Date: 1933-04
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Related to the articles, "High and Low Wield Picks in R.F.C. Relief Project: Motley Crew Found at Work on Griffith Park Roads, With Many Driving Own Cars to Job," Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 1933: 19, and "Park Drive Job Proving Unique, Griffith Road Being Rushed by R.F.C. Work army, Six Thousand Men Finding Daily Employment, Widened Highway to Offer Rare Valley View." 2 Apr. 1933: pg. 18.
Four men with shovels and picks work on widening a road in Griffith Park. Dozens of cars can be seen parked along a long stretch of the road.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: United States Reconstruction Finance Corp. Griffith Park Road Building

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.136554
Latitude: -118.2942
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Laborers--California--Los Angeles
Depressions--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_4080
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cpt27
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Rights Country: US
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