Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1998.12.7

Description

Mounted photo of LADWP employees (and their families?) on a dredge used during the construction of the L.A. Aqueduct. Two of the figures are women. The photo was taken by West Coast Art Co. of Los Angeles and given their ID #A34 After construction the dredge was used to clean the canal, and it was disassembled around 1938. Walter Harris, the donor's father, was operator for 20 years, and Homer Taylor was the boom operator for 20 years.

Collection

Florence Dyer Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

West Coast Art Co.

Role

Photographer

Date made

1908 - 1913