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Title
Man operating a giant plow in Santa Ana, ca.1930-1934
Creator
Whittington, Dick
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930/1934
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 man operating a giant plow in Santa Ana, ca.1930-1934. The plow is at center and is digging a very deep trench in the soil. The man is leaning on a lever that operates the hydraulic device by which the plow is kept in the ground. In the background at left, a Union Oil truck is visible. Photoprint reads: "This plow was used in Santa Ana. Photos made for Ted Stromberger, Union Oil Co., several years ago, Oct. 1938."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7870
USC-2-1-1-7997 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33384
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7870
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33384.jpg
Subject
Agriculture
Orange County--Santa Ana--General
Agricultural sites
Time Period
circa 1930/1934
Place
California
Orange
Santa Ana
USA
Source
33384 [Accession number]
84-1-1109 [Microfiche number]
CHS-33384 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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