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Title
Cranes moving metal girders into place at a construction site
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society Collection at Stanford
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 cranes moving metal girders into place at a construction site, [s.d.]. Several large metal beams can be seen standing vertically in a pit at center. Small sheds and piles of debris can be seen around the girders and cranes. A wooden fence can be seen around the top edge of the pit, which is several feet below street level. Houses and utility poles can be seen in the background over the top of the fence.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
18 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m21679 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36631
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21679
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36631.jpg
Subject
Architecture
Building sites
Hoisting machinery
Buildings
Place
California
USA
Source
36631 [Accession number]
CHS-36631 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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