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Title
Construction of Washington Blvd. extension east, Los Angeles, 1931
Creator
Arnott
Date Created and/or Issued
1931-09-12
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights Information
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California
specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph. "Looking over the excavation at the end of Washington Street at Alameda which city council paid $75,000 for right of way. Washington street would start in the center of the photo and continue straight over the gully." -- typed noted attached to verso, dated 12 September 1931. "Photo shows the gravel pit on the East Side which the city purchased for $175,000 and apparently cannot use. Diagram shows plans for extension of Washington street between Alameda and Alameda and Santa Fe." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 18 September 1931. "'Hole-in-the-ground' to cost city still more" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 5 October 1934.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
examiner-m4726
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-STR-036
http://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m4726
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-STR-036.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--City--Streets--Washington
Time Period
1931-09-12
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Washington Boulevard
Source
3-1275-02805-8668 [Barcode]
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-STR-036 [Original Filename]
Subjects 320 [Print Box]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
examiner-m4404

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