Title:
Simon Rodia and his Watts Towers, portrait
Creator/Contributor:
Daily News (Los Angeles, Calif. : firm), Publisher
Date:
ca. 1953
Subject:
Simon Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Rodia, Simon, 1879-1965
Note:
Italian American immigrant Simon Rodia poses with his artistic creation, popularly known as the Watts Towers, in the background
Simon Rodia single-handedly created the artwork over a period of 34 years on a triangular lot at 1761-1765 East 107th Street
in Los Angeles
Type:
news photographs
Physical Description:
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 10 x 12.5 cm
Identifier:
uclamss_1387_b177_58871-1
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