Pacoima Dam, showing an inclining railway, January 4, 1927

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Photograph of Pacoima Dam, showing an inclining railway, January 4, 1927. A small car rides up the railway from the ground on the left to the top of the jagged rock wall on the right. A small, wooden structure stands embedded in the rocks to the left of the railway. Men observe from the ground as the car travels.

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Title Pacoima Dam, showing an inclining railway, January 4, 1927

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1927-01-04

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)

Date Created 1927-01-04

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-m20606

Identifier 36916 (accession number), CHS-36916 (call number), CHS-36916 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24526 (legacy record id), chs-m20606 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24526

Unique identifier UC130184

Legacy Identifier CHS-36916.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.8 in × 23.3 in at 300dpi
42.6 cm × 59.3 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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