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Construction of beach groins which keep water from eroding from the coast, 1953
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Construction of beach groins which keep water from eroding from the coast, 1953
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Description
Photograph of construction of beach groins which keep water from eroding from the coast, 1953. One man in dark work clothes and thick gloves sits at the driver's seat on the left of a tank-like machine which reaches an appendage into the crater of sand at center. Three men work at the end of the appendage where three slaps of concrete are leaned against each other forming the beginnings of a beach groin. A fourth man can be seen on the right kneeling above the crater with trees standing in the background. Photoprint reads "With the aid of a mechanical shovel, engineers set huge blocks of concrete in a southern California beach. Thousands of such blocks make up the groins which build up the nation's beaches".
Asset Metadata
Title
Construction of beach groins which keep water from eroding from the coast, 1953
Subject
Beaches
(adlf),
Engineering -- Beach groins
(file heading),
Groins (Shore protection)
(lcsh),
Sand
(lcsh),
Shore protection
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1953-10
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photoprint, photonegative, b&w ; 23 x 18 cm., 18 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
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
1953-10
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-m10286
Identifier
40393 (
accession number
), CHS-40393 (
call number
), CHS-40393 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11484 (
legacy record id
), chs-m10286 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-10431 (
legacy record id
), 84-1-1180 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11484
Unique identifier
UC128948
Legacy Identifier
CHS-40393.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
14.6 in × 18.6 in at 300dpi
37.1 cm × 47.3 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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