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 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
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