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Title
Workers digging a roadbed through the hills behind East Whittier, ca.1914
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1914
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 workers digging a roadbed through the hills behind East Whittier, ca.1914. Six men with mattocks and a wheelbarrow are digging into a hillside at center. They are standing on a portion of the hill that has already been cleared of brush and flattened. The hill above them at left is covered with bushes, and below them at right are several large trees. In the distance at right, several large hills are visible.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 29 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m6795
USC-0-1-1-6909 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-14182
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6795
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-14182.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles County--Whittier--General views
Views
Camps (Military)
Boys
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1914
Place
California
East Whittier
Whittier
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-58- [Microfiche number]
14182 [Accession number]
CHS-14182 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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