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Miners working on the Colorado River Aqueduct, Southern California, between 1933 and 1935

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Title: Miners working on the Colorado River Aqueduct, Southern California, between 1933 and 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1933 and 1935]
1933/1935
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Construction for the Colorado River Aqueduct began in 1933 and ended in 1935, overseen by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Water first flowed through the completed aqueduct in 1939.
Text from negative sleeve: Colorado River Aqueduct
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1581
ark:/21198/zz002dc2ns
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Aqueducts--California, Southern
Miners--California
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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