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Title	Slum dwelling in Los Angeles, 1941
Description	Photograph of a slum dwelling in Los Angeles, being torn down under a program by Juanita Miller, a caseworker who worked with University of Southern California Social Work professor Frances Feldman, to identify families eligible for new government-built housing. Photograph album page labelled "Rosehill Courts, demolition ceremonies, 9-2-41." Verso (not shown) is pre-demolition. The house is tilting severely. Two windows are visible on the front, a door on the side. The front yard is overgrown. Another house is visible to the left. Utility lines string over the house.
Subject	Housing--California--Los Angeles; Slums--California--Los Angeles
Subject (adlf)	housing areas
Subject (lcsh)	African Americans African Americans--History--1877-1964
Geographic Subject	residential sites: Rosehill Courts
Geographic Subject (County)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (State)	California
Geographic Subject (Country)	USA
Coverage date	1941-09-02
Compiler	Joseph, Andrée M.
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1941-09-02
Type	images texts
Format (aacr2)	photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm., mounted 24 x 30 cm.
Format (aat)	photograph albums photographs
Language	English
Identifying Number	BHE-022
Legacy Record ID	exbt-m22
Part of collection	Library Exhibits Collection
Part of subcollection	Black History Month Exhibit, Doheny Memorial Library, Spring 1999
Provenance	University of Southern California. California Social Welfare Archives. Frances Feldman Collection
Rights	University of Southern California. California Social Welfare Archives. Frances Feldman Collection
Access Conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository Name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository Email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	exbt-BHE-022
Archival file	exbt_Volume11/exbt-BHE-022.tiff

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