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Title
Asphalt finishing machines smoothing a street for a resurfacing project
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 asphalt finishing machines smoothing a street for a resurfacing project, [s.d.]. At center, two men pilot tractors which are smoothing agregate over a damaged portion of a neighborhood street. The rightmost machine moves away from the viewer, while the leftmost works with the agregate, moving towards the viewer. Behind, two men work with rakes. Houses line the street to either side.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4076
USC-0-1-1-4166 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44706
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4076
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44706.jpg
Subject
Building
Streets
Asphalt
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Construction scenes #2--Storm and Sewer
Roadways
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
44706 [Accession number]
CHS-44706 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 41834 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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