Forrest Whitaker speaks at the ground breaking ceremony for Aliso Village, Los Angeles, 1942

Title: Forrest Whitaker speaks at the ground breaking ceremony for Aliso Village, Los Angeles, 1942
Photographer: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created: February 22, 1942
Date: 1942-02-22
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection

Description: Forrest Whitaker was H. H. West's brother-in-law and the principal of the Utah Street School.
Forrest Whitaker speaks at the ground breaking ceremony for the Aliso Village low rent housing development. There is an American flag at the foreground of the photograph. Whitaker stands behind a podium wearing a suit. There is a sign on the podium that reads, in part, "Buy a share...[American]." There is a model of a building, which includes miniatures trees in the foreground.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 168. Los Angeles, Calif. Utah Street School. February 22, 1942. Forrest Whitaker speaking at dedicating of the Low Cost Housing project.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: Whitaker, Forrest, 1877-1972
Location: California--Los Angeles
Longitude: 34.049062
Latitude: -118.224583
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Aliso Village (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Public speaking--California--Los Angeles
Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1998_000168_001
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hpq2f
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.