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Title
Arroyo Seco Channel north of Avenue 52 at beginning of work on Arroyo Seco Parkway, ca.1940
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1940
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 Arroyo Seco Channel north of Avenue 52 at beginning of work on Arroyo Seco Parkway, ca.1940. The concrete channel curves from the foreground at right towards the background at left. Small buildings can be seen along the river at right, and wooden scaffolding is visible across the channel in the background. Tall trees line the channel on both sides, and a brushy mountain can be seen in the distance at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2043
USC-0-1-1-2103 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-42225
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2043
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42225.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Highland Park--Arroyo Seco
Rivers
Flood control
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.)
Time Period
circa 1940
Place
Arroyo Seco Channel north of Avenue 52
California
Highland Park
Los Angeles
USA
Source
42225 [Accession number]
CHS-42225 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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