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Title
Eagle Rock Drainage System construction, September 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
1936-09-27
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 Eagle Rock Drainage System construction, September 1936. In the foreground at center, two rows of vertical wooden beams enclosing a trench can be seen extending into the background. On both sides of the beams, large groups of men can be seen. Between the two rows of vertical posts, lines of perpendicular posts are visible. Two men stand in the trench on a concrete drainage pipe. Another section of the pipe is being lowered overhead by the crane at left. In the background at left, additional sections of pipe are visible. In the background at right, large piles of dirt can be seen.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4094
USC-0-1-1-4184 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44688
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4094
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44688.jpg
Subject
Building
Storm sewers
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Construction scenes #1--Identified
Canals
Time Period
1936-09-27
Place
California
Eagle Rock
Los Angeles
USA
Yosemite Drive and LaRoda Avenue
Source
44688 [Accession number]
CHS-44688 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: F-5484 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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