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Title
Road-widening construction at the junction of Sunset and Vine, 1930
Date Created and/or Issued
1930-11-25
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 road-widening construction at the junction of Sunset and Vine, 1930. At center, men are visible working in a deep trench which is supported by cross-beams. In the background, a crane is positioned at the lip of the trench. At right, automobiles can be seen traversing the section of the road left intact. A sign reads "Golf". Trees line the trench at left. Compares to USC-0-1-1-3485. Photoprint reads: "Views showing condition during construction of the 2" Warrenite-Bitulithic surface on a 6" Portland cement concrete base and the finished pavement".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3411
USC-0-1-1-3483 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41662
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3411
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41662.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Hollywood--Streets--Sunset Boulevard
Streets
Views
Pavements
Roadways
Time Period
1930-11-25
Place
California
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Sunset Boulevard
Vine Street
USA
Source
41662 [Accession number]
CHS-41662 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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