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Title: Dredging out swampland
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1905
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Horse-drawn scoops and sledges were used to dredge out the swamps, level the dunes and lay the gridwork for Venice canals. Grand Canal will be on the right, and Rialto Canal in the background on the left.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00009220
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Venice-Canals; A-003-007 4x5
CARL0000011067
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/83449
Subject: Canals--California--Venice (Los Angeles)
Horses--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Grand Canal (Calif.)

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