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Young girl sits amongst the harvest from a community garden, circa February 1934.

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Young Los Angelino Yvonne Marion Wolff sits piled under produce grown in a local community garden.Beginning in 1933, small tracts of land throughout Los Angeles county were used by the government as locations for community gardens, where men left unemployed by the Great Depression could work and grow food to feed their families. In 1933, 890 acres of land in Los Angeles County were used toward this purpose; the program expanded to 2,500 acres of land in 1934. This land was approximately enough to grow the vegetables consumed by 20,000 county welfare families.
Date:
[circa February, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Young girl sits amongst the harvest from a community garden, circa February 1934.

Women harvest turnips at a community garden in Los Angeles county, circa February 1934.

Description:
Women on government assistance harvest turnips at a community garden. Beginning in 1933, small tracts of land throughout Los Angeles county were used by the government as locations for community gardens, where men left unemployed by the Great Depression could work and grow food to feed their families. In 1933, 890 acres of land in Los Angeles County were used toward this purpose; the program expanded to 2,500 acres of land in 1934. This land was approximately enough to grow the vegetables consumed by 20,000 county welfare families.
Date:
[circa February, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Women harvest turnips at a community garden in Los Angeles county, circa February 1934.

Woman stands on debris from the Elysian Park landslide, Los Angeles, November 1937

Description:
A woman stands on debris from a landslide that began in Elysian Park. The landslide started near the top of Buena Vista Peak as a small crack in the earth. The crack began separating at a rate of about half an inch every 24 hours, then became a meandering zig-zag, and finally a landslide on November 26, 1937. During the landslide 1,500,000 tons of loose rock and dirt tumbled down the hill and onto a 600 foot stretch of Riverside Drive. The disaster caused rerouting of traffic and attracted thousands of spectators. Because the initial crack was identified early, damage and injuries were largely avoided
Date:
November 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Woman stands on debris from the Elysian Park landslide, Los Angeles, November 1937