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Title
Slauson Avenue storm drain construction, Fourth Avenue north from 48th Street, 1930-1939
Date Created and/or Issued
1930/1939
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 the construction of Slauson Avenue storm drain, work in progress in Fourth Avenue north from 48th Street, 1930-1939. A thick, wooden frame has been buildt in a deep trench at center. Men in the foreground pose with their shovels in their hands while the men further back keep working. A palm tree hangs over the site from the left foreground while more trees stand on the left further down. Cylindrical pieces lie along the right side with a row of houses behind them.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4065
USC-0-1-1-4155 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44740
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4065
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44740.jpg
Subject
Building
Storm sewers
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Construction scenes #3--Unidentified
Residential sites
Time Period
1930/1939
Place
4th Avenue north of 48th Street
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
44740 [Accession number]
CHS-44740 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 41807 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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