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Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the WPA garden project, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) garden project. The WPA was a New Deal agency which employed millions of people across the country to carry out public works projects. In 1938 the WPA garden project employed 1867 people on 665 acres.
Date:: [1938 and 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the WPA garden project, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) garden project. The WPA was a New Deal agency which employed millions of people across the country to carry out public works projects. In 1938 the WPA garden project employed 1867 people on 665 acres.
Date:: [1938 and 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

State and Federal Relief officials confer in Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: The four men sit on sofas surrounding a large open book.
Date:: December 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Cars on the road through Griffith Park with laborers in the background widening the road, Los Angeles 1933

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "High and Low Wield Picks in R.F.C. Relief Project: Motley Crew Found at Work on Griffith Park Roads, With Many Driving Own Cars to Job," Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 1933: 19
Date:: April, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Unemployment settlement, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Description:: View of unemployment settlement at 84th & Alameda Sts. during the Los Angeles Depression. Warner Brothers water tower is visible in left background. "For Sale" sign is distantly visible in center.
Date:: [between 1929-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Unemployment settlement, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Description:: View of unemployment settlement at 84th & Alameda Sts. with tents and temporary structures during the Los Angeles Depression. Sign reads "Wantland's Fresh Daily Yard Eggs."
Date:: [between 1929-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Officials order destruction of Hooverville, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Description:: No date was provided on the negative sleeve or negative; however, mass destruction of Hoovervilles was ordered in the early 1940s in the Greater Los Angeles area.
Date:: [circa 1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Homeless family outside their tent in a Hooverville, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Description:: No date was provided on the negative sleeve or negative; however, mass destruction of Hoovervilles was ordered in the early 1940s in the Greater Los Angeles area.
Date:: [circa 1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Officials order destruction of Hooverville, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Description:: A group of men, at least one of them a police officer, watch as a Los Angeles shantytown is burned. A large plume of smoke rises from the flames.
Date:: [circa 1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Roland C. Casad shows off his gourd carving, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Big Apples Produced at Oceanside," Los Angeles Times, 08 Nov 1925: J6.
Date:: November 8, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Crowd on City Hall steps for unemployed meeting, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Description:: View of City Hall steps with crowd gathered for unemployed meeting during the depression, Los Angeles. Sign at center podium appears to read "Los Angeles Unemployed Workers Assn." Street signs read "N. Spring St." and "New High St." Sing on post also reads "... Sacrifice."
Date:: [between 1929-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Day laborers work with shovels and wheelbarrows to widen the road through Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Roughly two-dozen men hired as day laborers work with shovels and wheelbarrows to widen the road through Griffith Park.
Date:: April 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Four men work on widening the road through Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Related to the articles, "High and Low Wield Picks in R.F.C. Relief Project: Motley Crew Found at Work on Griffith Park Roads, With Many Driving Own Cars to Job," Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 1933: 19, and "Park Drive Job Proving Unique, Griffith Road Being Rushed by R.F.C. Work army, Six Thousand Men Finding Daily Employment, Widened Highway to Offer Rare Valley View." 2 Apr. 1933: pg. 18.
Date:: April 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Unemployment settlement, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Description:: View of plywood shack at unemployment camp at 84th & Alameda Sts. during the Depression in Los Angeles. Signs in view read "ACE FOUNDRY INC.,"NATIONAL BANK," and a portion of a sign reading "8440 So. Alamada."
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Crowd on City Hall steps for unemployed meeting, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Description:: Crowd of men and women for unemployed meeting on City Hall steps, Los Angeles. Man stands on podium, towards which crowd faces.
Date:: [between 1929-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Men line up to register for work as day laborers, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Related to the articles, "High and Low Wield Picks in R.F.C. Relief Project: Motley Crew Found at Work on Griffith Park Roads, With Many Driving Own Cars to Job," Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 1933: 19, and "Park Drive Job Proving Unique, Griffith Road Being Rushed by R.F.C. Work army, Six Thousand Men Finding Daily Employment, Widened Highway to Offer Rare Valley View." 2 Apr. 1933: pg. 18.
Date:: April 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Crowd on City Hall steps for unemployed meeting, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Description:: Crowd of men and women gathered for an unemployed meeting on the steps of City Hall, Los Angeles.
Date:: [between 1929-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

A day laborer dumps rocks from a wheelbarrow in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Related to the articles, "High and Low Wield Picks in R.F.C. Relief Project: Motley Crew Found at Work on Griffith Park Roads, With Many Driving Own Cars to Job," Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 1933: 19, and "Park Drive Job Proving Unique, Griffith Road Being Rushed by R.F.C. Work army, Six Thousand Men Finding Daily Employment, Widened Highway to Offer Rare Valley View." 2 Apr. 1933: pg. 18.
Date:: April 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Long line of men wait to register for government-funded day-laborer work, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Related to the articles, "High and Low Wield Picks in R.F.C. Relief Project: Motley Crew Found at Work on Griffith Park Roads, With Many Driving Own Cars to Job," Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 1933: 19, and "Park Drive Job Proving Unique, Griffith Road Being Rushed by R.F.C. Work army, Six Thousand Men Finding Daily Employment, Widened Highway to Offer Rare Valley View." 2 Apr. 1933: pg. 18.
Date:: April 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Officials order destruction of Hooverville, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Description:: No date was provided on the negative sleeve or negative; however, mass destruction of Hoovervilles was ordered in the early 1940s in the Greater Los Angeles area.
Date:: [circa 1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the WPA garden project, Los Angeles, 1930s

Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the WPA garden project, Los Angeles, 1930s

State and Federal Relief officials confer in Los Angeles, 1935

Cars on the road through Griffith Park with laborers in the background widening the road, Los Angeles 1933

Unemployment settlement, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Unemployment settlement, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Officials order destruction of Hooverville, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Homeless family outside their tent in a Hooverville, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Officials order destruction of Hooverville, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Roland C. Casad shows off his gourd carving, Los Angeles, 1925

Crowd on City Hall steps for unemployed meeting, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Day laborers work with shovels and wheelbarrows to widen the road through Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1933

Four men work on widening the road through Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1933

Unemployment settlement, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Crowd on City Hall steps for unemployed meeting, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Men line up to register for work as day laborers, Los Angeles, 1933

Crowd on City Hall steps for unemployed meeting, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

A day laborer dumps rocks from a wheelbarrow in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1933

Long line of men wait to register for government-funded day-laborer work, Los Angeles, 1933

Officials order destruction of Hooverville, Los Angeles, circa 1940

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