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Title
Rubble being loaded into railroad cars via steam shovel for Simon's Brick Company
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 rubble being loaded into railroad cars via steam shovel for Simon's Brick Company, [s.d.]. A long line of open cargo basin cars extends from left to right, while in the background a steam shovel loads rubble into them. The cars to the right are empty, while those at left are full to brimming. A man with a shovel stands in front of the cars. In the right foreground, lunch boxes and a package can be seen. Photo sleeve reads "Balopticon".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m23083 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-49375
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23083
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-49375.jpg
Subject
Construction industry
Bricks
Brickworks
Simon's Brick Company
Industrial sites
Place
California
USA
Source
49375 [Accession number]
CHS-49375 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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