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Title
Steam shovel excavating a construction site
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 excavating a construction site, [s.d.]. A large empty lot can be seen at center. A dirt ramp leads down to the lot, which is several feet below street level. Three heavy trucks and a steam shovel can be seen near the ramp at right. An assortment of buildings, including warehouses and residential buidings, surround the construction site. Trees can be seen in the background at center.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m21676 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36630
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21676
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36630.jpg
Subject
Steam shovels
Trees
Trucks
Architecture
Building sites
Buildings
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
36630 [Accession number]
CHS-36630 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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