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Title supplied by cataloger.; Image is a reproduction.A fundraising hayride, at Vernon and Central Avenues, to support Westview Hospital, a planned black hospital where black doctors and patients were welcome. The hospital, planned for 54th and Main Streets, was never built due to lack of money; the land was paid for and a basement was put in but there wasn't enough for the building.
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Photographic Prints
Shades of L.A. is an archive of photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were chosen from family albums and include daily life, social organizations, work, personal and holiday celebrations, and migration and immigration activities. Made possible and accessible through the generous support of the Security Pacific National Bank, Sunlaw Cogeneration Partners, Photo Friends, California Council for the Humanities, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
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Los Angeles Public LibraryRecord Harvested From
California Digital LibraryKeywords
- African Americans
- California
- Carriages And Carts
- Central Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Fund Raising
- Hayrides
- Horse Drawn Vehicles
- Los Angeles
- Shades Of L.A. African American Photographs
- Shades Of L.A. Collection Photographs
- St. Augustine Westview Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Streets
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