Image of workers standing at the edge of, and working inside of a concrete ditch they are constructing for the Los Angeles Aqueduct in Inyo County, California, with surrounding hills in the distance. Inyo" handwritten in upper left corner. Title devised by cataloger; date devised by cataloger based on the postmark date stamp of Feb 1913. With handwritten message on the postcard addressed to Mrs H.M. Dunn, Kalama, Wash: "Now here is a pictur [sic] of the Ditch. What the gang do that I am working with is trim the sides for the concrete to lay on. See the ri[?] all ready trim and farther up you notice the un[?] trim ditch[?].
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image
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image/jpeg
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1 photograph : print ; sheet 8.6 x 13.7 cm (postcard format)
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.) Aqueducts Building sites Construction workers Water resources development--California Water-supply--California--Los Angeles Photographs. (aat) Postcards. (aat)
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