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Title
Department of Public Works truck bed raised over an open railroad car for emptying
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 Department of Public Works truck bed raised over an open railroad car for emptying, [s.d.]. At center, line of long frieght cars is pictured. To the left, a truck bed filled with rubble is being lowered by chain into the closest car. At right, the truck cab is visible.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4250
USC-0-1-1-4341 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41894
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4250
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41894.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Machinery and operations
Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Trucks
Railroads--Cars
Railroad features
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
41894 [Accession number]
CHS-41894 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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