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Hitchhiking sailors outside the Naval and Marine Training Center, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:: Two Mexican American sailers attempt to hitch rides from the Navy Training Center to their homes in Chavez Ravine, near present day Elysian Park and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Date:: 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Hitchhiking sailors outside the Naval and Marine Training Center, Los Angeles, 1947

Bus terminal store in Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: Bus lines to and from Chavez Ravine and the rest of Los Angeles were contested throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Bus terminal store in Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles, 1946

Home in Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles, circa 1951

Description:: Chavez Ravine residents were forced to relocate in the 1940s when the City voted to accept federal funding for new housing developments in the area. When these apartment projects failed several years later, the remaining residents of Chavez Ravine were removed by a controversial order of eminent domain to build Dodger Stadium.
Date:: ca. 1951
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Home in Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles, circa 1951

Bridge in Chavez Ravine's "Lil' Town". Los Angeles, 1950

Description:: Chavez Ravine residents were forcibly removed from their homes and properties in 1950 to make way for Dodger Stadium, in a controversial eminent domain decision enforced by local and state authorities.
Date:: 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Bridge in Chavez Ravine's "Lil' Town". Los Angeles, 1950

Women walk the road into Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: Two women walk along the road between Chavez Ravine and downtown Los Angeles, near present day Elysian Park and Dodger Stadium.
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Women walk the road into Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles, 1946

Street scene in Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles, 1950

Description:: Street scene of the Mexican American community Chavez Ravine. located near present day Elysian Park and Dodger Stadium.
Date:: 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Street scene in Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles, 1950

Street scene in Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:: Dodger Stadium, in a controversial eminent domain decision enforced by local and state authorities
Date:: 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Street scene in Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles, 1947

Hillside view of Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles

Description:: Hillside view of the Mexican American community Chavez Ravine, near present day Elysian Park and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Date:: ca. 1953
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Hillside view of Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles

View under bridge towards Chavez Ravine's "Lil' Town", Los Angeles, 1950

Description:: A bridge overpass has been painted with the words "Lil' Town" the Mexican American community of Chavez Ravine near present day Elysian Park and Dodger Stadium lies beyond.
Date:: 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

View under bridge towards Chavez Ravine's "Lil' Town", Los Angeles, 1950

Bus terminal in Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: Residents of the Mexican American community of Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles, near present day Elysian Park and Dodger Stadium, wait at a local bus terminal.
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Bus terminal in Chavez Ravine, Los Angeles, 1946