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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a low wooden framework being built during the construction of City Garage in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1951. The wooden structure Is at center and is mostly composed of bare beams. There is some sort of roof over part of the structure at left. In the background at right, two cranes and a steam shovel are visible. The structure and the machinery are located in the bottom of a pit that has been dug out well below street level. Several large buildings can be seen around the edge of the pit in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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