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Title
Arroyo Seco storm drain showing excavation in the main channel below the old Avenue 52 bridge, February 15, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued
1937-02-15
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 the Arroyo Seco storm drain showing excavation in the main channel below the old Avenue 52 bridge, February 15, 1937. Many workers can be seen standing on a dirt slope at left and at center holding shovels. The water in a river rushes under a bridge at right, while a one-story building can be seen on the far bank at right. Leafless trees are visible throughout, while a mountain can be seen in the right background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2013
USC-0-1-1-2072 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-42229
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2013
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42229.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Highland Park--Arroyo Seco
Rivers
Flood control
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.)
Streams
Time Period
1937-02-15
Place
California
Highland Park
Los Angeles
South Avenue 52 crossing Arroyo Seco
USA
Source
42229 [Accession number]
CHS-42229 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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