Highway under construction near the Ventura County Line, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a machine clearing the way for the highway by a rocky mountain ledge, near the Ventura County Line, [s.d.]. A large machine deposits soil onto a growing mound at right, clearing the path for a thoroughfare, which cuts through center. Steam billows from the machine, which sits right of a rocky ledge. In the distance, the slopes of other mountain ranges can be seen.; Photoprint reads: "New Oxnard to Capistrano Highway showing two and one-half yard Ry. Steam Shovel at work on coast near the Ventura County Line"

Asset Metadata

Title Highway under construction near the Ventura County Line, [s.d.]

Subject roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22337

Identifier 35975 (accession number), CHS-35975 (call number), CHS-35975 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21432 (legacy record id), chs-m22337 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21432

Unique identifier UC135300

Legacy Identifier CHS-35975.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
47.5 cm × 34.1 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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