Subject: Street railroads / Photographer: Swett, Ira L. - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Description:: Streetcar no. 487 with a sign reading "B to 51st St. Ascot" with a woman and child (left) and a man with a cart (right) with a large tile-roofed building behind it.
Date:: 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Swett, Ira L.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Central Avenue is a major north-south thoroughfare in the central portion of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. From approximately 1920 to 1955, Central Avenue was the heart of the African-American community in Los Angeles, with active rhythm and blues and jazz music scenes.
Date:: 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Swett, Ira L.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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