Workers build temporary housing near the Los Angeles Aqueduct, Inyo County vicinity, [circa 1927]

Title: Workers build temporary housing near the Los Angeles Aqueduct, Inyo County vicinity, [circa 1927]
Date Created: [circa May, 1927]
Date: 1927-05
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Possibly related to the articles: “Aqueduct situation tense as investigators for city find unexploded case of dynamite: WATER GUARDS IN SECRET RIDE no-name canyon now alive with repair crews water soon fill flow into blasted siphon auto numbers may lead to arrest of outlaws,” Los Angeles Times, 31 May 1927: A12, and/or, “DYNAMITE GANG SEARCH STARTS: Full Aqueduct Blast Inquiry Promised by Sheriff Ample Water in Reservoirs to Prevent Shortage Repairs on Broken Section of Siphon Rushed Search Begun in Dynamiting Reward of $10,000 Urged for Aqueduct Gang Federal Prosecution of Criminals Planned Chamber Will Co-Operate in Ending Outrages,” Los Angeles Times, 28 May 1927: A1.
Dozens of supply crates sit stacked on the ground in the near distance at center and right. Behind them, a temporary housing structure is under construction. It is viewed at an angle and faces left. Several men work to support a facade on the near end of the building, left-of-center. The structure lacks a roof. Along the right side of the building, one man stands and looks towards the right and another one behind him works on the building. A few men are visible standing inside the structure. Mountains rise across the background.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES AQUEDUCT [handwritten:] Los Angeles Aqueduct

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Location: Inyo County (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Laborers--California--Inyo County
Work camps--California--Inyo County
Temporary buildings--California--Inyo County
Construction--California--Inyo County

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_5802
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cvwpr
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