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Title
Department of Public Works employees shoveling gravel in the street near Piccadilly Apatment Hotel
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 Department of Public Works employees shoveling gravel in the street near Piccadilly Apatment Hotel, [s.d.]. At center, two men in work clothes and hats bend to shovel a ridge of gravel that runs in front of the hotel at right. Behind them, a truck or some sort of machine can be seen. To the left, a man in a suit supervises. At right, the tall facade of the hotel bears signs that read "Furnished or Unfurnished", "Los Angeles-Pacific Properties Corp. Olympia 2901", and "Post No Bills".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4246
USC-0-1-1-4337 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41884
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4246
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41884.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Machinery and operations
Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Piccadilly Apartment Hotel
Streets
Gravel
Sand
Apartment houses
Municipal officials and employees
Buildings
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
41884 [Accession number]
CHS-41884 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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