Three men hoeing a field at the Los Angeles County Farm, Downey, 1920-1939

Title: Three men hoeing a field at the Los Angeles County Farm, Downey, 1920-1939
Date Created: [between 1920-1939]
Date: 1920/1939
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Photograph of three men hoeing a field and the Los Angeles County Farm, with a farm building 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

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

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_10560
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hbjnb
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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: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .