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Order Number
00068539
Title
Little
Tokyo
housing
cleanup
Photographer
Rothschild, Otto.
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
5892
.
Date
1944
Physical Description
1
photograph
:b&w
Description
Photograph
caption
May
25
,
1944
reads
,
“Spurring
a
campaign
to
cleanup
‘Little
Tokio’
[sic]
,
where
more
than
79,800
persons
are
now
quartered
in
overcrowded
conditions
once
occupied
by
Japanese
,
Mayor
Fletcher
Bowron
is
shown
when
he
made
a
visit
to the
district
which
is
within
sight
of the
City
Hall
tower
. The
mayor
;
Dr
.
George
M
.
Uhl
,
city
health
officer
, and
Nicola
Giulli
,
chairman
of the
City
Housing
Authority
, are
talking
to
one
of the
many
families
living
in
district.”
The
group
is
pictured
in
front
of a
Shinto
Shine
,
left
abandoned
when
Japanese
residents
were
forcibly
removed
from their
homes
and
sent
to
camps
for the
duration
of
World
War
II
.
Subject
Bowron, Fletcher,--1887-1968.
Giulli, Nicola.
Uhl, George M.
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Shinto shrines--California--Los Angeles.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
Families--California--Los Angeles.
Mayors--California--Los Angeles.
Children.
African Americans.
Dogs.
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, California--Employees.
Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Bronzeville (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs.
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Coverage
1941
;
1942
;
1943
;
1944
;
1945
;
1946
;
1947
;
1948
;
1949
;
1950
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
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