Close
About
FAQ
Home
Collections
Login
USC Login
Register
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
USC
/
Digital Library
/
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
/
Arroyo Seco storm drain showing excavation in the main channel east of Sycamore Grove Park, February 15, 1937
(USC DC Image)
Arroyo Seco storm drain showing excavation in the main channel east of Sycamore Grove Park, February 15, 1937
Loading details...
You do not have the permission to view Original image
Download
Share
Copy Asset Link
Request this asset
Description
Photograph of the Arroyo Seco storm drain showing excavation in the main channel east of Sycamore Grove Park, February 15, 1937. Many workers can be seen in the channel that runs from the bottom right to the left background. There are wooden planks stuck in the ground, while many workers hold shovels. The ground is filled with water and mud. More workers can be seen on the inclines at left and at right. Trees are visible in the left background, while a mountain can be seen in the right background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Arroyo Seco storm drain showing excavation in the main channel east of Sycamore Grove Park, February 15, 1937
Subject
Flood control
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Highland Park -- Arroyo Seco
(file heading),
rivers
(adlf),
rivers
(lcsh),
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A)
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Arroyo Seco east of Sycamore Grove Park
(roadway),
California
(states),
Highland Park
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1937-02-15
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1937-02-15
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
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2019
Identifier
42220 (
accession number
), CHS-42220 (
call number
), CHS-42220 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2959 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2019 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-2078 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2959
Unique identifier
UC117100
Legacy Identifier
CHS-42220.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.7 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
47.5 cm × 34.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Description
The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.
We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Conceptually similar
Arroyo Seco storm drain showing excavation in the main channel east of Sycamore Grove Park, February 15, 1937
Arroyo Seco storm drain showing excavation in the main channel below the old Avenue 52 bridge, February 15, 1937
Birdseye view of the Arroyo Seco channel construction north of York Boulevard, December 7, 1933
Arroyo Seco Channel north of Avenue 52 at beginning of work on Arroyo Seco Parkway, ca.1940
Arroyo Seco channel, looking north from a point 600 feet south of San Rafael Avenue near Rose Bowl, 1936
Arroyo Seco channel, north from a point 600 feet south of San Pascual Avenue, April 1938
Arroyo Seco at Avenue 52 before installation of channel, ca.1938
Aerial view of flooded area of Arroyo Seco, Sycamore Grove, 1938
View of Arroyo Seco Park and Channel looking northeast, prior to the construction of the Pasadena Freeway, ca.1940
Wooden bridge crossing over the Arroyo Seco at Avenue 52 prior to installation of the storm channel, ca.1936
View of the Arroyo Seco Park and Channel looking northeast after the construction of the Pasadena Freeway, ca.1941
Aerial view of flooding of the Arroyo Seco at Sycamore Grove, ca.1930
San Pascual Avenue Bridge over Arroyo Seco, ca.1939
View of the excavation of Arroyo Seco Drive south of Avenue Forty-Nine, March 6, 1934
View of Arroyo Seco at Avenue 52 before installation of channel, ca.1930
Aerial view of flooded area of Arroyo Seco at Sycamore Grove, 1938
Sycamore trees, possibly at Sycamore Grove Park, June 3, 1929
Benches arranged in a semicircle at Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles, [s.d.]
Dying Sycamore tree in Arroyo Seco, ca.1920
Row of picnic tables at Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles, [s.d.]
Similar tones
View images with similar tones