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Title
Los Angeles Department of Public Works surveyors at work, 1930-1939
Date Created and/or Issued
1930/1939
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 Los Angeles Department of Public Works surveyors at work, 1930-1939. The surveyors are gathered around a temporary wooden tower at left. The tower is made of thin wooden beams and has a cloth roof on top. One man is up in the tower while the others are standing near the base of it. A large automobile with wooden sides is parked near the tower at right. Several small houses can be seen across a grassy field in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4232
USC-0-1-1-4323 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33422
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4232
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33422.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Machinery and operations
Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Surveying
Automobiles
Municipal officials and employees
Roadways
Time Period
1930/1939
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
33422 [Accession number]
CHS-33422 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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