Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a group of men filling sacks to raise levees in Laton, ca.1910. At center a group of men are visible standing on flooded ground in the process of filling burlap sacks, possibly with dirt. One man appears to be using a shovel while others are visible holding on to the sacks. Trees without leaves are visible in the background and to the left, while a portion of the ground is flooded with water in the foreground. The land slopes upward at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 9 x 14 cm. photographic prints photographs
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