"Eureka Villa"

Question and answer promotional brochure for the Black resort community, Eureka Villa, located just north of Los Angeles. Eureka Villa was founded on 1000 acres, which Dones and his fellow investors bought in 1924 near the long-abandoned Mexican mining town of Val Verde. It was envisioned as an affordable and welcoming home and vacation destination for Blacks in southern California, who were otherwise excluded from most public amenities and priced well out of home ownership near the city.

• 1926

• Dones, Sidney P., (Sidney Preston), 1888-1947

1 folded sheet (8 panels) : portrait ; 24 x 41 cm; folded to 24 x 11 cm

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Includes portrait of Sidney P. Dones and the poem "Eureka Villa" written by Dones.

Title from caption.

• Los Angeles County (Calif.)

• African Americans--Housing
• Real estate development

• text

• English

Mms: 991023685381806535

Sidney P. Dones.

Los Angeles, Cal., Eurek Villa Improvement Assn., Inc.

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2024-01-05