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Title
Single transmission tower, showing employees working on it, ca.1950
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1950
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 single transmission tower, showing employees working on it, ca.1950. In the background to the right, a large transmission tower is visible. The tower is composed of several metallic bars and crossbeams. Four legs can be seen at the base of the tower lodged into the rocky surface below. Near the top of the tower, two workers can be seen. One worker leans against one of the beams, while the other stands on a beam below. At the top of the tower, two electrical wires can be seen moving to both the left and the right. The wires moving to the left drop down near a group of rocks on the far left side of the image. A group of three men can be seen standing near the rocks on this side. In the extreme foreground, fields of dirt and sand can be seen. Additionally, long poles and other materials are visible at the base of the mountain.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10410
USC-2-1-1-10557 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40842
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10410
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40842.jpg
Subject
Employees
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Industry--Plants--Installations--Exteriors
Natural rock formations
Time Period
circa 1950
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
40842 [Accession number]
84-1-2029 [Microfiche number]
CHS-40842 [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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