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Title
Department of Public works surveyor looking through an instrument, 1930-1939
Date Created and/or Issued
1930/1939
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of a Department of Public works surveyor looking through an instrument, 1930-1939. The surveyor is standing at center and looking to the right. The man is wearing long pants and a short jacket, as well as a tie. His dark hair is not combed. His instrument is on a wooden tripod in front of him. A large, light-colored cloth wall is set up around him. The land around the surveyor is a broad plain covered with large rocks and high grass.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4016
USC-0-1-1-4106
33421 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33421...-44691
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4016
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33421.jpg
Subject
Building
Surveying--Instruments
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Construction scenes #1--Identified
Plains
Time Period
1930/1939
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
44691; CHS-33421 [Accession number]
CHS-44691 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 33420 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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