California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Three men standing in front of Little Rock Dam near Palmdale, April 11, 1926

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Three men standing in front of Little Rock Dam near Palmdale, April 11, 1926

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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Photograph of three men standing in front of Little Rock Dam near Palmdale, April 11, 1926. Arthur S. Bent, attorney, W.C. Detchner, and Dr. George P. Clements can be seen in the foreground at right. All are wearing suits and hats and are looking to the left. A large waterfall can be seen behind the men at center, while the concrete wall of the dam can be seen in the background at left. A man is standing on top of the dam. A sign on the dam reads: "Palmdale & Little Rock Irrigation Project Built 1923-4 175 ft High 750 long".

Asset Metadata

Title Three men standing in front of Little Rock Dam near Palmdale, April 11, 1926

Subject Bent, Arthur S. (subject), Clements, George P., Dr. (subject), dam sites (adlf), Dams (lcsh), Detchner, W.C. (subject), General Subjects -- Engineering -- Dams -- Uncataloged (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1926-04-11

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprint, transparency, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 1926-04-11

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-m20582

Identifier 35307 (accession number), CHS-35307 (call number), CHS-35307 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24468 (legacy record id), chs-m20582 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24468

Unique identifier UC130595

Legacy Identifier CHS-35307.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
47.8 cm × 34.8 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Date Created 1860/1960