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Title
Dump truck in action at the construction of the San Gabriel dam, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
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 dump truck in action at the construction of the San Gabriel dam, 1936. The back of the truck is visible as it dumps a load of dirt on a tall pile of rocks at center. Two men with hoses are wetting the pile down from left and right. In the background, a brush-covered hill is visible. A sign in the foreground bears the numbers 5 and 6.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprint, transparencies, b&w
26 x 21 cm., 13 x 17 cm.
photographic prints
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20590 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35315
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20590
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35315.jpg
Subject
Dams
General Subjects--Engineering--Dams--Uncataloged
Dam sites
Time Period
1936
Place
California
USA
Source
35315 [Accession number]
CHS-35315 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
chs-m825

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