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Order Number	00073078
Title	Groundbreaking for Avalon Gardens
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 9428
Date	1941
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Groundbreaking for the Avalon Gardens housing project. Signs above the model read: "A low rent housing project - planned - designed - to be constructed and managed by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. Commissioners: Nicola Giulii, chairman; L. Deming Tilton; J. E. Fishburn; Ralph A. McMullen; Mrs. Jessie L. Terry; Howard L. Holtzendorff." and "14.9 acres; 60 structures; 165 units; 727 rooms; $643,000 total cost". L to R, Charles E. Scott, chairman, Planning Commission of Los Angeles; Ralph A. McMullen, commissioner of the Los Angeles City Housing Authority; Shelden D. Elliott of Citizens Housing Council; and J.P. Inglis, principal of Fremont High School which is in the district. Photograph dated November 18, 1941.
Subject	Fishburn, J. E. McMullen, Ralph A. Public housing--California--Los Angeles. Housing projects--California--Los Angeles. Shovels--California--Los Angeles. Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Los Angeles. Architectural models. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Los Angeles (Calif.).City Planning Commission. Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, California. Citizens Housing Council (Los Angeles, Calif.).
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