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Title
Steam shovel loading dirt into a truck
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 steam shovel loading dirt into a truck, [s.d.]. At left, the small steam shovel can be seen, using its claw loader to dump sand into the back of a waiting truck. The truck is pictured at center on a wide boardwalk. At right, a man stands next to it.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4139
USC-0-1-1-4229 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44762
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4139
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44762.jpg
Subject
Building
Steam-shovels
Trucks
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Construction scenes #4--Unidentified
Beaches
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
44762 [Accession number]
CHS-44762 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 41863 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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