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R. & D. Watson, Inc., creator. [Photographs from the R. & D. Watson, Inc. records].
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[Photographs from the R. & D. Watson, Inc. records]Creator/Contributor:
R. & D. Watson, Inc, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Pacific Air Industries, photographer.Abstract:
Photograph files of R. & D. Watson, Inc., documenting the company's engineering projects throughout the state of California
from the 1940s to the 1980s. Topics include dredging, excavating, grading and other activities associated with the construction
of channels, harbors, dams, roads, breakwaters, etc. Chiefly professional photographs, with some snapshots. Many views are
aerial photographs. A small number of files also include accompanying engineering drawings, reports and other documentation.
Date:
1946 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCivil engineering -- California -- Photographs
Hydraulic engineering -- California -- Photographs
Dredging -- California -- Photographs
Grading (Earthwork) -- California -- Photographs
Channels (Hydraulic engineering) -- California -- Design and construction -- Photographs
Roads -- California -- Design and construction -- Photographs
Dams -- California -- Design and construction -- Photographs
Technologie hydraulique -- Californie -- Photographies
Dragage -- Californie -- Photographies
Nivellement (Terrassement) -- Californie -- Photographies
Routes -- Californie -- Conception et construction -- Photographies
Barrages -- Californie -- Conception et construction -- Photographies
Channels (Hydraulic engineering) -- Design and construction
Civil engineering
Dams -- Design and construction
Dredging
Grading (Earthwork)
Hydraulic engineering
Roads -- Design and construction
California
R. & D. Watson, Inc. -- Archives
R. & D. Watson, Inc. -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Contains the work of numerous photographers, including many aerial views by Pacific Air Industries (Long Beach).
Also includes 19 negatives, all reproduced among the collection's prints, shelved as BANC PIC 2019.019--NEG(strip).
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Container list available in library.
Transferred from the R. & D. Watson, Inc. records (BANC MSS 2018/220).
Gift ; of Erin Watson ; 2018.
Photographs from the R. & D. Watson, Inc. records, BANC PIC 2019.019, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicArchives.
Photographs.
Aerial photographs.
Engineering drawings.
Physical Description:
photoprint
approximately 1,200 photographs in 4 boxes : gelatin silver and color prints ; sheets various sizes
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.