Busy construction site, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a busy construction site, [s.d.]. Workers wearing overalls and hats can be seen throughout the site. Many can be seen pushing wheelbarrows. What appear to be sand bags can be seen in a pile at right, while wooden planks are laid across the ground throughout the site. One wooden tower is visible at left, while a second wooden tower is visible at right. Machinery is visible towards the background. A man wearing a suit and hat can be seen standing above the site on a small hill in the left foreground. Buildings are visible in the background, including a Victorian styled building at center.

Asset Metadata

Title Busy construction site, [s.d.]

Subject Building materials (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Construction industry (lcsh), Construction workers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

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-m30101

Identifier 37228 (accession number), CHS-37228 (call number), CHS-37228 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25232 (legacy record id), chs-m30101 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25232

Unique identifier UC131789

Legacy Identifier CHS-37228.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.4 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
41.6 cm × 33.1 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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