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Flood control device (?), possibly associated with the King's River, ca.1910
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Flood control device (?), possibly associated with the King's River, ca.1910
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Photograph of a flood control device (?), possibly associated with the King's River, ca.1910. At center spanning left to right is a dam-like structure made from wooden planks. The structure has wooden guard rails on top, and running water is visible from the foreground up to the structure. The tops of bare trees are visible in the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Flood control device (?), possibly associated with the King's River, ca.1910
Subject
Agriculture -- Irrigation
(file heading),
Flood control
(lcsh),
Floods
(lcsh),
hydrographic structures
(adlf),
rivers
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1910
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 14 x 9 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1910
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9476
Identifier
40119 (
accession number
), CHS-40119 (
call number
), CHS-40119 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-9716 (
legacy record id
), chs-m9476 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-9613 (
legacy record id
), 1-110-73 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
9716
Unique identifier
UC139545
Legacy Identifier
CHS-40119.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
14.4 in × 22.9 in at 300dpi
36.7 cm × 58.3 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Description
The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.
We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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