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Title
Bascule Bridge opening over the Los Angeles Harbor with a boat passing underneath, 1924
Date Created and/or Issued
1924
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 Bascule Bridge opening over the Los Angeles Harbor with a boat passing underneath, 1924. The bridge can be seen at center at an angle over the water. A small building with three rectangular windows is visible in front of the bridge. A similar second building is visible across the water at right. Metal beams can be seen behind the second building. Two workers can be seen in the foreground. A building with several smokestacks can be seen in the background beyond the water. Back of photoprint reads: "Terminal Island to Mainland".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m18530 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37115
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18530
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37115.jpg
Subject
Bridges
Los Angeles--San Pedro and Wilmington--Los Angeles Harbor--General views--1920's
Harbors
Time Period
1924
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
37115 [Accession number]
CHS-37115 [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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