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Description
Photograph of W.P.A. workers along the roadside during construction at the East San Pedro Airport, 1937. From left to right, workers are visible at various tasks along the paved road in the foreground. At left, automobiles can be seen, while at right, the men work with shovels and wheelbarrows. Houses and a smokestack stand at the edge of the mountains in the distance.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm. photographic prints photographs
Building Airports Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Construction scenes #1--Identified Works Project Administration East San Pedro Airport Roadways
Time Period
1937-05-27
Place
California Los Angeles San Pedro USA
Source
44677 [Accession number] CHS-44677 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] unidentified no: 41777 [Identifying number]
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