Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Similar photographs appear with the article, "Blazing Skies Defied by Hurrying Crews Digging Big Ditch in Desert," Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar 1936: 10. In the near distance, off-center to the left, a large sand bucket lies on its side on the desert floor. A construction worker stands atop the bucket and to the right of him, 2 more workers stand on the ground. Above the bucket, the arm of a large crane enters frame from the left and extends up to the right. Cables on a pulley system extend between the bucket on the ground at left and the front of the crane's arm at right. Text from negative sleeve: 4973 - Shots at the All-American Canal near xxxxxx Calexico, California. (one removed for cleaning) 4/16/36 [stamped:] Apr 23 1936
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14163 ark:/21198/zz002j7pxg
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Canal construction workers--California--Calexico Digging--California--Calexico Canal construction--California--Calexico Hoisting machinery All American Canal (Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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