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California. Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots. Photographs collected by the Governor's Commission on the Los
Angeles Riots.
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Title:
Photographs collected by the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles RiotsCreator/Contributor:
California, Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots., creatorAbstract:
Chiefly photographs of buildings, cars, store merchandise, and other property damaged during the Watts Riot. Most views include
sequentially numbered placards placed in foreground of scene, apparently as part of systematic documentation of damage. Approximately
40 photographs, presumably taken by police photographers, document police activity, fire fighting, and arrests during the
riots.
Date:
1965 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caRiots -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965 -- Photographs
African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs
Émeute de Watts, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965 -- Photographies
Noirs américains -- Californie -- Los Angeles -- Photographies
African Americans
Riots
California -- Los Angeles
Note:
Photographers unknown.
Forms part of the Records of the Governor's Commission of the Los Angeles Riots.
COLLECTION STORED OFF SITE: Advance notice required for use.
The commission was appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown to prepare "an accurate chronology and description of the riots and
attempt to draw any lessons which may be learned from a retrospective study of these events."
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Photographs.
Physical Description:
photoprint
2 boxes (ca. 590 photographic prints) : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF SITE: Advance notice required for use.