Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the largest bascule bridge in the world connects Terminal Island to the mainland, 1934. "Associated Press Photo -- Caution, please watch credit! / LA 2754 / From Los Angeles / Single man operates it -- The largest bascule bridge in the world is located near Los Angeles, connecting Terminal Island with the mainland. So perfectly is it balanced that a man, by his own strength, can raise or lower it. It was completed only a few years ago and traffic has increased to such an extent that propositions are under consideration to abandon the structure and dig traffic tubes beneath the channel. / lsk-435p-5/13/30-miss.r.west cx 6ny neg" -- typed note attached to verso. "Received. Examiner reference library" -- stamped on verso, dated, "May 15, 1930". Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w photographic prints photographs
-118.23902,33.76717 -118.23696,33.76531 -118.23885,33.76289 -118.24091,33.76512 California Long Beach Los Angeles USA islands: Terminal Island
Source
3-1275-02806-2173 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BRI-VIA-067 [Original Filename] Subjects 316 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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