VIDEO: William Deverell On The 1924 Los Angeles Plague
By John D. Estes, on October 7th, 2010
Executive Producer and noted historian William Deverell talks about the 1924 Los Angeles Plague Epidemic, the subsequent quarantine and the effects both had on Los Angeles society and especially on ethnic Latinos and other minorities. Originally shot as a presentation trailer for Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles, we felt that the information was so compelling and so relevant to what is happening today that we decided to publish the piece for our readers.
In October 1924, Plague was discovered in Los Angeles. This is the seldom told story of how the civic leaders, medical experts and the community made harsh decisions to prevent a city-wide event and possible pandemic.
Dr. William Deverell, author of the acclaimed book on which our documentary is based, “Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of its Mexican Past” takes us through a time when Plague threatened the city of Los Angeles.
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Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles is dependent on grants, and private and corporate donations for funding. Help to support this historic and vital documentary project with your tax-deductible donation through our 501(c)(3) non-profit fiscal sponsor The International Documentary Association (IDA).
This project is made possible, in part, by a grant from the California Council for the Humanities in partnership with the Skirball Foundation, through the jointly supported California Documentary Project, a program of the California Stories Initiative.
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This project is based on William Deverell's critically acclaimed book WHITEWASHED ADOBE: THE RISE OF LOS ANGELES AND THE REMAKING OF ITS MEXICAN PAST.
Photographic & Postcards Images Acknowledgements: •The Huntington Library, San Marino, California • La Plaza History Society & Archive, Los Angeles, California • Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley • California History Room, California State Library, Sacramento • Seaver Center for Western History Research, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles • Collection of William Deverell, Pasadena, California • Archivo Práxedis, Los Angeles, California. All rights reserved by the copyright holders. No reproduction without permission.
[...] go around the basin, what we did to our river, why decision were made like they were. __________ “Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles.” The Official Website of the City of Los Angeles. Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the [...]