View of Rogers Airport, located at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Street, looking west toward the general office and hangars, 1922

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Title	View of Rogers Airport, located at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Street, looking west toward the general office and hangars, 1922
Description	Photograph of a view of Rogers Airport, located at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Street, looking west toward the general office and hangars, 1922. Rogers Airport sits in the centerground, with a large sign reading "Rogers Airport. The Center of West Coast America. Fly City and Cross Country Flights. Instruction" at the right edge of the image. The small clapboard building at the left edge of the image bears a sign reading "General Offices. Rogers Aircraft Inc". Two men stand on the building's steps, one of whom may be Jim Webster, the airport manager. Two airplanes sit at center, in the open land behind the sign, while the hangar sits in the left background. A road crosses the foreground of the image, dividing the airport from the land in the right foreground.
Subject	Rogers Airport
Subject (adlf)	airport features
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Air -- Airports -- General
Subject (lcsh)	Airports Airplanes
Geographic subject (roadway)	Wilshire Boulevard; Fairfax Street
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1922
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1922
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	31215
Call number	CHS-31215
Microfiche number	1-102-
Legacy record ID	chs-m12844; USC-2-1-1-12996
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-31215
Full text	GENERAL &FFICES -^ ROGERS AIRCRAFT Inc. TH6 center or t$r coast **>» CITY-CROSS COUNTBY FUcf-S INSTRUCTION 3 • ^s.. >$$■ i v.. - *,vw £\..#
Archival file	chs_Volume80/CHS-31215.tiff

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