Martin looks out over gaping hole in Antelope Valley
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Woods, Jon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated May 3, 1961 reads "It will soon become a lake for Water Wonderland project." The article partially reads "A gaping man-made hole covering 91 acres is being dug in the middle of hot, dry desert country in Antelope Valley. L. C. Martin, 47437 91st St. W., Lancaster, superintendent of construction, said work on the lake is nearly done, and water will soon begin to fill the hole."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Men--California--Antelope Valley Construction workers--California--Antelope Valley Automobiles--California--Antelope Valley Joshua tree--California--Antelope Valley Deserts--California, Southern Dodge automobile Antelope Valley (Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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