Plowed field at the Los Angeles County Farm, Downey, 192-1939

Item Overview

Title
Plowed field at the Los Angeles County Farm, Downey, 192-1939
Date Created
[between 1920-1939]
Date
1920/1939
Publisher
Los Angeles Times
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
Description
Photograph of a plowed field at the Los Angeles County Farm with a stand of trees and a water tower visible in the distance.
The Los Angeles County Farm, founded in 1887-1980's, was a poor farm and medical facility. Located south of the Imperial Highway in Downey, many of its buildings still stand (2015).
Caption
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles County Farm

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Location
Downey (Calif.)
Resource type
still image
Subjects
Farms--California--Downey
Almshouses--California--Downey

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Repository
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier
uclamss_1429_10562
ARK
ark:/21198/zz002hbjqc
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Rights statement
copyrighted
Rights Holder
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Rights Country
US
Funding Note
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
License
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