San Gabriel Dam construction, showing a man examining a truck, 1936

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Title San Gabriel Dam construction, showing a man examining a truck, 1936

Description Photograph of San Gabriel Dam construction, showing a man examining a truck, 1936. The man in a lightly-colored suit and hat stands on the right, bending slightly at the waist. He holds paper and a pen in his left hand as he points beneath the massive towing bed of the large truck at center. The truck is stained with the dust and dirt of the surrounding terrain. Trees can be seen across the hills in the background.

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1936

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

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1936

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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)

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-m20598

Identifier 36652 (accession number), CHS-36652 (call number), CHS-36652 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24505 (legacy record id), chs-m20598 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24505

Unique identifier UC130181

Legacy Identifier CHS-36652.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
46.8 cm × 33.7 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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