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Construction of beach groins, showing a backhoe installing concrete blocks at the site of a new groin along the Southern California coast, 1953
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Construction of beach groins, showing a backhoe installing concrete blocks at the site of a new groin along the Southern California coast, 1953
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Description
Photograph of construction of beach groins, showing a backhoe installing concrete blocks at the site of a new groin along the Southern California coast, 1953. At center, a man stoops at the end of a line of concrete slabs which runs through the center of the image. To the right, a second man attaches a free-standing slab to a backhoe using what appears to be chain.
Asset Metadata
Title
Construction of beach groins, showing a backhoe installing concrete blocks at the site of a new groin along the Southern California coast, 1953
Subject
Beaches
(adlf),
Groins (Shore protection)
(lcsh),
Sand
(lcsh),
Shore protection
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1953
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(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
1953
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23179
Identifier
49395 (
accession number
), CHS-49395 (
call number
), CHS-49395 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-23030 (
legacy record id
), chs-m23179 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
23030
Unique identifier
UC126839
Legacy Identifier
CHS-49395.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.5 in × 25.5 in at 300dpi
49.5 cm × 64.9 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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