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 men and burros laboring at a "Mexican Water System" around what may be a large well, ca.1920. Men in wide-brimmed hats are shown at center, tending to a pulley system that hangs from a frame made of a wooden beam hung between two brick pillars. Circumscribing this structure are wooden troughs that are suspended above the ground. To the right, two men can be seen tending to a set of donkeys that are positioned under the troughs. Each donkey is equipped with two large saddle-bags that hang down nearly to the ground. Mountains are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 25 cm., 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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