File:Large group of men working on a new headgate on the Colorado River, ca.1905 (CHS-4248).jpg

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Large group of men working on a new headgate on the Colorado River, ca.1905
Photograph of a large group of more than 30 men working on a new headgate on the Colorado River, ca.1905, for water control on the Imperial Canal. Assisted by several teams of horses, the men excavate some areas and build up others. Tracks have been laid for moving small rail cars around the site. Higher up, several small structures stand, including buildings, generators, tents, supply sheds, etc.
Call number: CHS-4248
Photographer:
C. C. Pierce  (1861–1946)  wikidata:Q61995887
 
Alternative names
Charles C.
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 22 November 1861 Edit this at Wikidata 7 November 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Springfield
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q61995887
:Filename: CHS-4248
Coverage date: circa 1905
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Type: images
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Format: glass plate negatives
Microfiche number: 1-61-
Archival file: chs_Volume96/CHS-4248.tiff
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): hydrographic structures
Project: USC
Accession number: 4248
Repository email: specol@usc.edu
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1905
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Legacy record ID: chs-m16719; USC-1-1-1-14306
Geographic subject: rivers: Colorado River
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Subject (file heading): Natural features -- Rivers -- Colorado River
Subject (lcsh): Rivers
Date circa 1905
date QS:P,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/16652
Author
C. C. Pierce  (1861–1946)  wikidata:Q61995887
 
Alternative names
Charles C.
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 22 November 1861 Edit this at Wikidata 7 November 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Springfield
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q61995887

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