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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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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 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1913-11-05 
Subject aqueducts  (lcsh), aqueducts  (adlf), 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) 
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 
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