Group of three men constructing a waterways model, showing one man in an elevated box, ca.1925

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Photograph of a group of three men constructing a waterways model, showing one man in an elevated box, ca.1925. In the background on the left, a man is seen standing near a small crank and pulley system at the perimeter of a large waterways model. The crank and pulleys are attached to a long metallic crane arm that supports a large rectangular, wooden platform with rails at its end. The platform hangs high above the waterways system, and a man is seen standing atop the platform looking at the model below. Water is seen moving through various channels of the model against small cement ridges. Near the water channel on the right, another man stares at the flow of the water. Two small gates are also visible within this channel. To the right of the men, piles of wood and other materials lie in a large heap. In the background, a large building with numerous windows can be seen. In the small doorway of the building at center, a man can be seen looking in the direction of the model.

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Title Group of three men constructing a waterways model, showing one man in an elevated box, ca.1925

Subject Engineers (lcsh), hydrographic structures (adlf), Industry -- General (file heading), Water-supply (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1925

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1925

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-m10071

Identifier 40774 (accession number), CHS-40774 (call number), CHS-40774 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10307 (legacy record id), chs-m10071 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-10211 (legacy record id), USC (project), 84-1-2131 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10307

Unique identifier UC140194

Legacy Identifier CHS-40774.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.8 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
52.9 cm × 42.0 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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