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Storm drain construction, March 24, 1937
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Storm drain construction, March 24, 1937
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Description
Photograph of storm drain construction, March 24, 1937. Men wearing various styles of hats stand looking at the camera . A pile of dirt on the right begins in the foreground and recedes in the background while the men stand to the left holding shovels. The ditch that will make a storm drain sits to the left and recedes into the background while the men stand on either side of it. Large cylindrical tubes of cement are lines up behind the men while houses are visible in the background to the left.
Asset Metadata
Title
Storm drain construction, March 24, 1937
Subject
Canals
(adlf),
Drainage
(lcsh),
Industry -- Construction
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Eagle Rock
(city or populated place),
Glacier Drive
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Neola Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1937-03-27
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1937-03-27
Contributor
Department of Public Works
(donor)
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-m11178
Identifier
40681 (
accession number
), CHS-40681 (
call number
), CHS-40681 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-10603 (
legacy record id
), chs-m11178 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-11328 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
10603
Unique identifier
UC140501
Legacy Identifier
CHS-40681.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.7 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
47.6 cm × 34.9 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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