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Title
Charles F. Lummis at work building his house, Los Angeles
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 Charles F. Lummis (left, on stair over barrel) working on building his house with another man (right, swinging sledgehammer), [s.d.]. Their attention is focused on a cement wall. Various construction paraphernalia is scattered about the site. Another house is visible in the background beyond a big old gnarled tree.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15022 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1423
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15022
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1423.jpg
Subject
Building
House construction
Dwellings
Lummis, Charles F
Authors, Artists & Writers
Building & Construction
Archetecture, Domestic
Housing areas
Place
Avenue 43
California
Highland Park
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-30- [Identifying number]
1423 [Accession number]
CHS-1423 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
chs-m265

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