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Title
Construction site with officials inside a backhoe, ca.1935
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1935
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 construction site with officials, ca.1935. A large piece of construction machinery sits in the center with two men hanging out of a doorway in center while the operator sits to the right in the shadows. The men in the center wear suits as they look at the camera while the operator on the right smiles as he folds his arms over his overalls. To the left people stand on the dirt looking towards the camera. The left side of the construction equipment reads "J.G. Donovan & Son General Contractors Los Angeles Cal.".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11210
USC-2-1-1-11360 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40709
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11210
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40709.jpg
Subject
Construction industry
Industry--Construction
J. G. Donovan and Son
Mountains
Time Period
circa 1935
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
40709 [Accession number]
84-1-1791 [Microfiche number]
CHS-40709 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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