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Title
Close-up of a zanja (irrigation ditch) in Sixth Street Park (later Pershing Square), Los Angeles, ca.1876-1880
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1876/1880
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 close-up of a zanja (irrigation ditch) in Sixth Street Park (later Pershing Square), Los Angeles, ca.1876-1880. The irrigation ditch can be seen from center foreground towards the background just to the left of center. Trees and bushes crowd the right bank, while a tall bush and grassy lawn are visible on the left bank.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegative, photoprints, b&w
26 x 20 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3658
USC-1-1-1-3734
USC-1-1-1-10221 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2870
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3658
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2870.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Parks--Pershing Square (Central Park)
Engineering--Aqueducts #5--Zanjas
Parks
Water-supply
Irrigation
Pershing Square
Hydrographic structures
Time Period
circa 1876/1880
Place
5th Street & Olive Street
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-110-20; 1-15-37; 1-110-21; 1-91- [Microfiche number]
2870 [Accession number]
CHS-2870 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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