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Title
View of a pothole in an unidentified street before it was resurfaced
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 a view of a pothole in an unidentified street before it was resurfaced, [s.d.]. The dirt road runs from the foreground at left to the background at right and is lined with utility poles and small buildings. A muddy puddle can be seen in the middle of the road in the foreground. A large steam shovel can be seen at left, while a truck is visible further in the background at center. Signs advertising gasoline and russet potatoes can be seen at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4108
USC-0-1-1-4198 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44771
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4108
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44771.jpg
Subject
Building
Streets
Steam-shovels
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Construction scenes #4--Unidentified
Roadways
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
44771 [Accession number]
CHS-44771 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 1829 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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