Chavez Ravine -- Dodgers, 1957

Chavez Ravine -- Dodgers, 23 September 1952. Palo Verde School abandoned;General views, North Boylston Street;27 acres owned by City Park and Recreation;Oil wells off Chavez Ravine;Abandoned mail boxes at Malvina Avenue;Paducah Street.;Caption slip reads: 'Photographer: Rustan. Date: 09-23. Reporter: Adler. Assignment: Chavez Ravine -- Dodgers. 49-50: Closeup shot of Palo Verde School, abandoned, at Effie and Paducah Streets, showing boarded up windows. 84: Long shot of Palo Verde School showing boarded up windows. 83: Trash strewn along dirt road off Paducah Street, about the northern edge of 300-acre property. 3: Abandoned mail boxes along Effie Street at Malvina Avenue, where once homes stood. 4: 'North Boylston Street' -- a dirt road -- rubbish, abandoned sofas and chairs -- looking from Effie Street. 95: Shot of part of 27 acres owned by City Park and Recreation Department. 96: One of six slowly operating oil wells off Chavez Ravine Road, just off Pasadena Freeway'.Effie Street & Paducah Street; Malvina Avenue; North Boylston Street; Chavez Ravine road; Echo Park; Los Angeles; California; USA. (Photo by Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images)