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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of three men on a bulldozer during the groundbreaking ceremony for Pershing Square parking garage, 1951. At left, three men in suits are pictured on the top of a tractor, its treads visible towards the lower edge of the image. In the seat of the machine, an elderly man with glasses operates the controls. In the background, trees and a sign that reads "C.G. Willis & Sons, Contractors. Los Angeles" can be seen. Just beyond the elderly man's feet, the faces of onlookers can be seen.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 10 x 15 cm. photographic prints photographs
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