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. A massive steam shovel holds sand over the ground with two men watching from inside. The details of the rigorous construction of the All American Canal. Photograph appears with the article, "Blazing Skies Defied by Hurrying Crews Digging Big Ditch in Desert," Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar 1936: 10. Text from newspaper caption: And here is the big sand bucket filled with eight cubic yards of material swinging around to dump its load. The sand bucket makes a complete circle - filling, dumping and biting into the sand again - in 50 seconds. A skilled crew operates this overgrown steam shovel. 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_14167 ark:/21198/zz002j7q21
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sand--California--Calexico Steam shovels All American Canal (Calif.)
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