California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Men digging a trench during the construction of a storm drain at Eastern Avenue north of Twining Street, 1934

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Men digging a trench during the construction of a storm drain at Eastern Avenue north of Twining Street, 1934

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Photograph of men digging a trench during the construction of a storm drain at Eastern Avenue north of Twining Street, 1934. At center, a trench with square walls extends into the distance. Inside, men with shovels work at making what appear to be grooves and struts on the floor of the trench. At left, more men can be seen digging on the edge above, while at right, coats are hung from nearby wooden frames.

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Title Men digging a trench during the construction of a storm drain at Eastern Avenue north of Twining Street, 1934

Subject Building (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Department of Public Works -- Construction scenes #3 -- Unidentified (file heading), roadways (adlf), Storm sewers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Eastern Avenue and Twining Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1934-02-20

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 1934-02-20

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-m4062

Identifier 44738 (accession number), CHS-44738 (call number), CHS-44738 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5601 (legacy record id), chs-m4062 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-4152 (legacy record id), USC (project), 41809 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5601

Unique identifier UC120017

Legacy Identifier CHS-44738.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.2 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
48.8 cm × 35.2 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

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