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Title
Steam shovel at work next to road under construction in Huntington Palisades, Pacific Palisades, 1929
Contributor
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966 (photographer)
University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository)
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Bartlett (Adelbert) Papers
Rights Information
copyrighted
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Description
View of road under construction in the Huntington Palisades area of Pacific Palisades. A steam shovel is excavating a slope next to the unpaved road and two trucks are next to the shovel to receive dirt as one man watches. The road is lined by eucalyptus trees
Huntington Palisades is an area of Pacific Palisades located close to the 'village' proper, south of Sunset Blvd.
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Huntington Palisades, 1929, steam shovel-paving, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179
Handwritten on edge of nitrate negative: 1175
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic negative
Identifier
edu.ucla.library.specialCollections.bartlett:359
uclamss_1300_0348
ark:/21198/zz002bdh9h
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Road construction -- California -- Pacific Palisades
Road construction workers -- California -- Pacific Palisades
Eucalyptus trees
Steam shovels
Place
California
Pacific Palisades
Relation
Adelbert Bartlett Papers. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA

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