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Men, bulldozers and cranes at the construction site of the State Building, at First Street and Broadway, on November 12, 1930
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Men, bulldozers and cranes at the construction site of the State Building, at First Street and Broadway, on November 12, 1930
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Description
Photograph of men, bulldozers and cranes at the construction site of the State Building, at First Street and Broadway, on November 12, 1930. Two men in suits stand at the entrance of the control center of a large crane, which dips to pick up debris at right. Several men, including a few musicians stand in the foreground, while others stand atop the pile of rubble behind the crane. In the background, the cityscape pans out.
Asset Metadata
Title
Men, bulldozers and cranes at the construction site of the State Building, at First Street and Broadway, on November 12, 1930
Subject
Building
(lcsh),
buildings
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Public Buildings -- State building
(file heading),
Public buildings
(lcsh),
State Building
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Broadway
(roadway),
California
(states),
First Street
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1930-11-12
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(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
1930-11-12
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18139
Identifier
35912 (
accession number
), CHS-35912 (
call number
), CHS-35912 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-18145 (
legacy record id
), chs-m18139 (
legacy record id
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
18145
Unique identifier
UC113435
Legacy Identifier
CHS-35912.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.6 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
42.2 cm × 35.1 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
Description
The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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