Genre: news photographs / Names: Rodia, Simon, 1879-1965 / Date: 1953 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Italian American immigrant Simon Rodia poses with his artistic creation, popularly known as the Watts Towers, in the background.
Date:: ca. 1953
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The Watts Towers are the artistic creation of Italian American immigrant Simon Rodia, who single-handedly built his creation over a period of 34 years on a triangular lot at 1761-1765 East 107th Street in Los Angeles.
Date:: ca. 1953
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The Watts Towers are the artistic creation of Italian American immigrant Simon Rodia, who single-handedly built his creation over a period of 34 years on a triangular lot at 1761-1765 East 107th Street in Los Angeles.
Date:: ca. 1953
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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