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Opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, San Fernando Valley, November 5, 1913
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Opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, San Fernando Valley, November 5, 1913
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Description
Photograph of the opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, San Fernando Valley, November 5, 1913. Water can be seen running down the aqueduct at center amongst mountains. It curves at center to the right. People can be seen scattered in the flat, valley area at center in front of the aqueduct, while cars can be seen parked alongside the road at left. Mountains run across the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, San Fernando Valley, November 5, 1913
Subject
aqueducts
(adlf),
aqueducts
(lcsh),
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
(subject),
Rites and ceremonies
(lcsh),
Water-supply
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
San Fernando Valley
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1913-11-05
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 33 cm.
(aacr2),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1913-11-05
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-m2638
Identifier
48840 (
accession number
), CHS-48840 (
call number
), CHS-48840 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3549 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2638 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3549
Unique identifier
UC120524
Legacy Identifier
CHS-48840.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
77.4 in × 30.3 in at 300dpi
196.7 cm × 77.0 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
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