This album includes photographs, circa 1930, of Dept. of Public Works, Division of Highways facilities such as maintenance yards and offices.The album shows the major buildings and properties but may also include the only known images of many minor structures which may no longer exist today. The album also contains images of state-owned land and equipment and includes statistics about state properties such as information on construction, dates, dimensions, and additions. According to State Archivist J.N. Bowman in 1955, no other state had been found with such a complete series of pictures of its buildings within such a restricted time-period. Because the records were created during the Great Depression and are Department of Finance records, one can assume that the state agencies featured in the photographs would want to look their best as they justified their existence and fought for their share of funds from the state budget.
Type
text
Format
Original Photograph Album
Extent
16 x 21 in. 50 Pages of 50
Identifier
car_000313 F3254:009 ark:/13960/t10q15w88
Language
English
Subject
Depressions--1929--California California. Department of Transportation California. Division of Highways California. Department of Public Works
Time Period
1929/1941 1930
Place
California
Provenance
California State Archives California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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