A cabinet card photograph, Office of Surveyors Department, Los Angeles Engineers
Entry/Object ID
2015.349.1.1
Description
A cabinet card photograph, Office of Surveyors Department, Los Angeles Engineers, 1902. Photograph by Crown Studios, Los Angeles. A group portrait of the working engineers outside a brick building, covered in growing vines. There are three rows of men, thirty eight men total, surrounded by tools of the trade including meters on tripods, rulers, tool bag. The men are of various ages and wear suits, some with bowler hats. There is a pencil inscription identifying the group. On the reverse is a paper adhered with all the names of the men depicted. The photograph is in good condition. The board mount is in poor condition, major crack along the right edge and edge abrasion all around.
