Due to overcrowding in the Los Angeles County Jail, a labor camp was opened in the canyons of Malibu where prison labor was used to build roads connecting to the Pacific Coast Highway. The open-air camp was noted for its lack of chains, steel bars, or handcuffs.
Due to overcrowding in the Los Angeles County Jail, a labor camp was opened in the canyons of Malibu where prison labor was used to build roads connecting to the Pacific Coast Highway. The open-air camp was noted for its lack of chains, steel bars, or handcuffs.
A row of inmates stand at the entrance of a prison labor camp. Frank Carpenter, assistant prison guard, stands at the right in a long black overcoat. A cluster of white tents are seen behind the men.
Six men in suits, sitting on either bench before the table, are served a meal by the chef, cook, and what appears to be another prison official standing at the head of the table. They are sitting in a spacious tent that features wooden raters and a window.
Patio overlooking Roosevelt Highway, with man in coat standing at corner looking down, with cliff, highway, and ocean at left, hills and cloudy sky in background. The edge of the patio pavement is rough as though it broke off in a landslide down the cliff.
Miss Canada, Grant Donley, in skirt, sweater, and knitted hat, and Miss Mexico, Marianita Servin, in skirt, sleeveless blouse, and necklace, lighting explosive fuse to open Roosevelt Highway, with cut ribbons on ground, wide ribbon behind them, and uniformed officers and crowd, many waving hats, and hillside in background