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 electric transformers that supply power to Los Angeles, September 26, 1923. A line of seven tall cylindrical transformers runs from the foreground at right to the background at left. The transformers are light in color and have wires extending from the tops. A group of five men is standing near the transformers at left. Behind the cylinders is a brushy hill. Picture file card reads "California is accustomed to establishing world records. These transformers operate at 220,000 volts and supply power to Los Angeles -- 240 miles away".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 10 cm. 26 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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