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Title
Men at work on the Westlake Relief Drain east of Westchester Avenue, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued
1937-02-12
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 men at work on the Westlake Relief Drain east of Westchester Avenue, 1937. At left, a line of men with shovels can be seen standing along the edge of a ditch bolstered by a wooden frame. More men can be seen inside the ditch, farther left. To the right, a long pile of dirt is visible. Residential buildings can be seen in the distance.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4066
USC-0-1-1-4156 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44686
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4066
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44686.jpg
Subject
Building
Storm sewers
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Construction scenes #1--Identified
Residential sites
Time Period
1937-02-12
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Westchester Avenue
Source
44686 [Accession number]
CHS-44686 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 41774 [Identifying number]

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