Photographs collected by the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots [graphic]. 1965.

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Photographs collected by the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots [graphic]. 1965.

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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.

2 boxes (ca. 590 photographic prints) : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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California. Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots

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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." From the description of Photographs collected by the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots [graphic]. 1965. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 491492192 From the description of Records of the Governor's Commission of the Los Ang...