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Title
South Portal of the Figueroa Street Tunnel between Solano Avenue and Bishop Road, June 4, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued
1937-06-04
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 South Portal of the Figueroa Street Tunnel between Solano Avenue and Bishop Road, June 4, 1937. The large concrete entryway to the tunnel is at center. The opening is arch-shaped and is flanked by streetlights. A square carving can be seen over the middle of the opening. Several cars can be seen inside the tunnel. The tunnel is cut into a steep rocky hill with short grass on top. In the distance at left, a house can be seen on the crest of a hill.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3949
USC-0-1-1-4039 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33266
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3949
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33266.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Bridges #1--Identified
Tunnels
Time Period
1937-06-04
Place
California
Figueroa Street
Los Angeles
USA
Source
33266 [Accession number]
CHS-33266 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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