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Title: The builders of Big Creek worked hard and ate hard
Creator: Stone & Webster, photographer
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: The builders of Big Creek worked hard and ate hard. This view of the dining hall at Camp #1 gives an intriguing glimpse into the harshness of their environment, in which a hearty meal was one of their few pleasures.
Type: image
Format: 368655 Bytes
Extent: Copy negative ; A--8x10
Identifier: 12 - 00027
232843
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll2/id/5508
Subject: Hydroelectric power-plants
Construction camps
Construction crew
Food
Cooks
Place: Big Creek (Calif.)
Fresno County (Calif.)
Source: Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives
Story of Big Creek
Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives, Huntington Digital Library

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