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Title
Construction workers working on a rockslide, Mount Wilson
Date Created and/or Issued
1911-07-14
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Six (6) unidentified construction workers on Mount Wilson, breaking up rocks from a rockslide on a mountain road. Large rocks are in the foreground; nearby are the six construction workers, all of whom are wearing hats. Behind the men, a wooden wagon drawn by two horses can be seen. Trees are shrubs are in the surrounding area.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type
Image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
COPC 1327
29324
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1280
Subject
Rockslides
Rocks
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Mountain roads--California
Horse-drawn vehicles
Horses
Construction workers--United States
Hats
Hammers
Chisels
Shrubs
Trees
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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