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Man sitting on the headgate over King's River near Laton, ca.1910
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Man sitting on the headgate over King's River near Laton, ca.1910

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Photograph of a man sitting on the headgate over King's River near Laton, ca.1910. At center a wooden dam-like structure is visible spanning bank to bank. A man wearing a cap and jacket is visible sitting on top of the structure towards the right. Rushing water is visible in the foreground, while the water beyond the structure is calm. Bare trees are visible on both banks as well as in the background. 
Asset Metadata
Title Man sitting on the headgate over King's River near Laton, ca.1910 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1910 
Subject Agriculture -- Irrigation  (file heading), hydrographic structures  (adlf), rivers  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Fresno (counties), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1910 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 9 x 14 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-m9462 
Identifier 40105 (accession number), CHS-40105 (call number), CHS-40105 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9711 (legacy record id), chs-m9462 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-9599 (legacy record id), 1-110-82 (microfiche number), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 9711 
Unique identifier UC139547 
Legacy Identifier CHS-40105.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 22.2 in × 14.7 in at 300dpi
56.5 cm × 37.5 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 
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