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Title
Men digging a trench during the construction of a storm drain at Eastern Avenue north of Twining Street, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued
1934-02-20
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 men digging a trench during the construction of a storm drain at Eastern Avenue north of Twining Street, 1934. At center, a trench with square walls extends into the distance. Inside, men with shovels work at making what appear to be grooves and struts on the floor of the trench. At left, more men can be seen digging on the edge above, while at right, coats are hung from nearby wooden frames.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4062
USC-0-1-1-4152 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44738
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4062
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44738.jpg
Subject
Building
Storm sewers
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Construction scenes #3--Unidentified
Roadways
Time Period
1934-02-20
Place
California
Eastern Avenue and Twining Street
Los Angeles
USA
Source
44738 [Accession number]
CHS-44738 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 41809 [Identifying number]

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