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Title
Horses providing mechanical energy to operate an irrigation machine
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1895/1899
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 4 horses tethered to a rotating pole which in turn operates ropes connected to a device raising water to fill a small reservoir used to irrigate the surrounding fields, Compton. A man is working near the horses. A few dwellings are visible in the distance.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
8 x 10 in.
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
13 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9450
USC-1-1-1-9587 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2753
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9450
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2753.jpg
Subject
Agriculture--Irrigation
Water-supply
Irrigation
Agriculture
Horses
Agricultural sites
Time Period
circa 1895/1899
Place
California
Compton
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-110-20 [Microfiche number]
2753 [Accession number]
CHS-2753 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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