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
Text from negative sleeve: Hollywood Dam x Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. A similar photograph appears with the article, “Hollywood Dam backed By Barrier,” Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec 1933: A1 In 1933, about ten years after the Dam was completed, the city started building what was known as a “psychological dam” -- made of dirt and gravel -- on the opposite side of the reservoir in order to appease residents’ safety concerns. Utility trucks drive alongside the barrier-filling project at the Hollywood Dam.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9547 ark:/21198/zz002dhn20
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Dams--California--Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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