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El Monte homestead project

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Order Number	00056226
Title	El Monte homestead project
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 3763.
Date	1935
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Murrel James Evans and his family, the first to occupy one of the "back to the land" farm homes of the federal government's small farm homestead project at El Monte, are shown moving their belongings into their new house on August 26, 1935. The government is setting them up in a nice home on an acre of ground, hoping to give them a new start in life and make them self-supporting soon. It's the Evans' first real home.
Subject	Evans, Murrel James. Dwellings--California--El Monte. Farms, Small--California--El Monte. Urban homesteading--California--El Monte. Public welfare--California--El Monte.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection