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Title
Construction of a railroad crossing, ca.1930
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the construction of a railroad crossing, ca.1930. Railroad tracks run from the foreground at right to the background at left and intersect a dirt road at center. The road, which is lined by tall wooden utility poles, meanders into the distance at center. In the foregroud, workers can be seen putting large wooden beams between the rails. Surveyors are visible at left and right. Tall trees can be seen in the background at center, while railroad ties sit on a large pile of dirt in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11185
USC-2-1-1-11335 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40687
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11185
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40687.jpg
Subject
Construction industry
Railroad engineering
Industry--Construction
Railroad construction workers
Railroads features
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-89-6 [Microfiche number]
40687 [Accession number]
CHS-40687 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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