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Title
Workers loading steel onto a tractor in Los Angeles harbor
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 workers loading steel onto a tractor in Los Angeles harbor, [s.d.]. A large, dark-hulled ship can be seen docked at right. Cranes on the ship are loading several large steel beams onto a tractor waiting on the dock at center. Several workers can be seen standing on or around the tractor. At left, a large warehouse with several open doorways is visible. Railroad tracks are embedded in the dock at center.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11620 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35837
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11620
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35837.jpg
Subject
Steel industry and trade
Cargo ships
Stevedores
Docks
Tractors
Harbors
Place
California
Los Angeles
San Pedro
USA
Source
35837 [Accession number]
CHS-35837 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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