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Title
View looking west from the roof of the Lincoln Heights Jail toward the Los Angeles River, February 26, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
1936-02-26
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 a view looking west from the roof of the Lincoln Heights Jail toward the Los Angeles River, February 26, 1936. Some water can be seen in the river, which is visible from bottom left towards the center background. Two sets of train tracks can be seen running alongside the right of the river, while a train is visible on tracks on the left side of the river. A hill dotted with shrubs can be seen at left behind the train tracks. Cars can be seen parked on the side of a street at right, while the roofs of two buildings can be seen in the center foreground. The city can be seen in the distance at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2979
USC-0-1-1-3052 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41568
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2979
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41568.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles City--General
Rivers
Bridges
Railroads--Track
Time Period
1936-02-26
Place
California
Lincoln Heights
Los Angeles
USA
Source
41568 [Accession number]
CHS-41568 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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