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Title
Birdseye view of the construction of the San Gabriel dam, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
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 birdseye view of the construction of the San Gabriel dam, 1936. A dry river bed can be seen running from the foreground to the background at center. Several dirt roads can be seen at the bottom of the gorge, and several pieces of construction equipment can be seen as well. Tall mountains are visible on both sides of the gorge, and a water tower can be seen on a hill at left.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprint, transparency, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20589 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35314
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20589
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35314.jpg
Subject
Dams
General Subjects--Engineering--Dams--Uncataloged
Dam sites
Time Period
1936
Place
California
USA
Source
35314 [Accession number]
CHS-35314 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
chs-m825

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