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Title
Figure standing at the edge of the dam of Mission Gorge, 1936
Creator
Puck, Charles
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
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 figure standing at the edge of the dam of Mission Gorge, 1936. The figure is shown in silhouette at center, hands on hips, partially obscured by a bush in the foreground. Farther in, a curved stone wall shows the dam which was used for irrigation on the mission premises. Mountains and scrub vegetation can be seen in the background, while to the right, a tree trunk can be seen in the extreme foreground.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m8794
USC-1-1-1-8927 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9534
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8794
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9534.jpg
Subject
Dams
Irrigation
San Diego County--General
Missions--Mission San Diego Alcala
Dam sites
Time Period
1936
Place
California
San Diego
USA
Source
1-128-47 [Microfiche number]
9534 [Accession number]
CHS-9534 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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