Genre: news photographs and glass plate negatives / Location: Los Angeles County (Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: View looking down a 45° inclined railway on canyon wall at Pacoima Dam, Calif. site, with workers in a railcar.
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Workers inside a small wooden transportation box suspended from a cable spanning the canyon at the construction site of the Pacoima Dam.
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Workers inside a small wooden transportation box suspended from a cable spanning the canyon across the construction site of the Pacoima Dam.
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Workers at the bottom of the canyon at the Pacoima Dam site working on wood framing and concrete pouring. Men in suits and women wearing dresses and sun hats observe.
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Woman high-jumper, in bloomers and middy blouse, attempting to clear the bar.
Date:: [circa 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Side view of William Wrigley's steamship Catalina pulling off of pier with crowd of people on the decks. The steamship began service between Los Angeles and Catalina Island in 1924.
Date:: 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Copy print of a portrait photograph of William Jennings Bryan Jr. At the bottom of the photograph is writing that reads CURTIS [?] L.A.
Date:: [between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Portrait photograph of William M. Breakenridge seated and wearing a suit. Breakenridge was a deputy sheriff in Maricopa County in Arizona. He is the author of "Helldorado: Bringing Law to the Mesquite" which is a collection of his memoirs of living in the southwest United States. Reported in "TOMBSTONE'S HEYDAY TOLD: "Helldorado," Fact Story of Old Vigorous West, Described as Blood and Thunder Tale," Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 1929: C11.
Date:: [circa 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of the inside of a construction tunnel for the San Gabriel Dam. Inside of the tunnel is a man pushing a wheelbarrow. The dam was completed in 1939. Related article, "Geologists and Engineers Burrowing in Canyon Walls in Interest of Safety for San Gabriel Dam," Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 1929: A1.
Date:: 1920-1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View looking down towards the construction of the Pacoima Dam site. Construction equipment is located at the bottom of the mountains. Cables run through the top of the mountains connecting them.
Date:: [circa 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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