California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Open channel fro the La Brea bridge at Venice Boulevard, Jan 26, 1931

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Open channel fro the La Brea bridge at Venice Boulevard, Jan 26, 1931

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Photograph of an open channel fro the La Brea bridge at Venice Boulevard, Jan 26, 1931. An open channel full of still water extends trough the picture from the left foreground to the right background. The ditch has vertical walls of dirt on both sides with wooden poles and planks on the side in the left foreground. To the right, a cement drain in the shape of a semi-circle sits at the side of the channel. Telephone poles are visible in the right background while houses can be seen to the left.; Photoprint reads: "View of the open channel from the La Brea bridge at Venice Boulevard before construction of the Sacatela Storm Drain Extension, Jan. 26,, 1931. View of the open channel from the La Brea bridge at Venice Boulevard. This residential area will be greatly benefited by the construction of the Sacatela storm drain extension, which will eliminate this dangerous and unsightly open channel".

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Title Open channel fro the La Brea bridge at Venice Boulevard, Jan 26, 1931

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1931-01-26

Subject Canals (adlf), Drainage (lcsh), Industry -- Construction (file heading), Plumbing (lcsh), Sewage (lcsh), Sewerage (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1931-01-26

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)

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-m11174

Identifier 40677 (accession number), CHS-40677 (call number), CHS-40677 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10599 (legacy record id), chs-m11174 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-11324 (legacy record id), USC (project), 17-10455 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10599

Unique identifier UC140374

Legacy Identifier CHS-40677.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 13.9 in at 300dpi
47.3 cm × 35.3 cm at 300dpi

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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

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