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Title
Construction of a strom drain on 66th Street and Western Avenue, 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 the construction of a strom drain on 66th Street and Western Avenue, 1930-1939. A large ditch runs from the foreground to the background at center. Wooden beams can be seen across the top of the ditch, and workers can be seen setting a 102 inch pipe in the bottom of the ditch. Large trucks and a crane can be seen at left, and houses and workers are visible at right. The street is unpaved.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4049
USC-0-1-1-4139 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44687
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4049
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44687.jpg
Subject
Building
Storm sewers
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Construction scenes #1--Identified
Canals
Time Period
1930/1939
Place
66th Street and Western Avenue
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
44687 [Accession number]
CHS-44687 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 41775 [Identifying number]

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