San Dimas Dam, showing a general view of he upstream face, May 23, 1935

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Photograph of the San Dimas Dam, showing a general view of he upstream face, May 23, 1935. Dark, smooth water collects in the foreground with the paneled wall of the dam containing it at center. The dam is topped with a thin rail and a protruding box at its center. It extends from the rocky hill on the right to the forestry on the far left where the opening to the lightly-colored spillway can be seen. A dark, thick forest blankets the hills in the background.

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Title San Dimas Dam, showing a general view of he upstream face, May 23, 1935

Subject dam sites (adlf), Dams (lcsh), Engineering -- Dams (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), San Dimas (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1935-05-23

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 1935-05-23

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10302

Identifier 40399 (accession number), CHS-40399 (call number), CHS-40399 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12441 (legacy record id), chs-m10302 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-10447 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12441

Unique identifier UC132645

Legacy Identifier CHS-40399.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.5 in × 14.0 in at 300dpi
49.5 cm × 35.5 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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