Visual Materials

1st and Hope Streets

Description: Lot grading to street level by power shovel and clamshell bucket crane with dump trucks removing the dirt.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 7/23/61
Call number: photCL 486
Creator: Conner, Palmer(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Gina Dunseth, 2004.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.; RESTRICTED. Use digital reproductions in the Huntington Digital Library. Originals available by special permission only.
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