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Title
Heap of iron and steel junk near railroad tracks, ca.1925
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1925
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 heap of iron and steel junk, ca.1925. A gigantic mound of iron and steel sits in the center behind a barely visible wire fence. Two men stand in front of the heap to the left of center while a small shack can be seen behind them. A railroad track is visible in the foreground while a wooden fence lines the road behind the track. In the left background, a water tower is visible.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12108
USC-2-1-1-12261 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40989
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12108
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40989.jpg
Subject
Industry--Iron and steel
Steel industry and trade
Metal trade
Railroad features
Time Period
circa 1925
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
40989 [Accession number]
84-1-1308 [Microfiche number]
CHS-40989 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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