Workers creating upholstered furniture in the Roberti Brothers' furniture factory, located at the corner of 14th St. and McGary St. in Los Angeles. In the foreground, a worker holding a hammer tacks down fabric on an upholstered chair supported by a saw horse with the springs visible. On the right, a craftsman works on a wooden chair frame.
View of workers creating chairs (L) and tables (R) in the Roberti Brothers' furniture factory, located at the corner of 14th St. and McGary St. in Los Angeles.
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Workers clear flood debris with tractors after the flood resulting from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam. on March 12. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
A collection of wood engraving proofs and prints for the Canterbury Tales in a bound volume. Frontispiece states, “The Canterbury Tales, Volume I, Eric Gill, 1928.”
In an alley with brick commercial buildings on either side is an open wooden building. Articles of clothing hang on the left and a man is seated, working, on the right.