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Title
Headgate of an irrigation ditch in Imperial Valley, ca.1920
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
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 the headgate of an irrigation ditch in Imperial Valley, ca.1920. A field full of plants is to the left of the ditch. A pasture with cows in it is to the right. Farm buildings are visible in the distance.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w
26 x 21 cm., 22 x 17 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10258
USC-1-1-1-10403 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2711
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10258
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2711.jpg
Subject
Engineering--Aqueducts #4--Irrigation ditches, wells
Water-supply
Irrigation
Canals
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
California
Imperial
USA
valleys: Imperial Valley
Source
1-110- [Microfiche number]
2711 [Accession number]
CHS-2711 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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