Redondo Salt Works, California, ca.1898-1906
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Title |
Redondo Salt Works, California, ca.1898-1906 |
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Description |
Photograph (ca.1898-1906) of the Redondo Salt Works, California, owned by Fred Mellus, son of Henry Mellus. Looking northeast over evaporation pools, vats and buildings of the salt works at Redondo Beach. Distant vista is of vacant land on hills of Hermosa Beach. The brine of Lake Salinas (as the pond was called) was of unusual composition. The extracted salt was brought to Los Angeles and prepared for market at the works on Alameda Street near Aliso Street (?). |
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Subject (adlf) |
commerical sites |
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Subject (file heading) |
Los Angeles County -- Redondo Beach -- Architecture -- General |
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Subject (lcsh) |
Buildings
Salt industry and trade
Salt lakes |
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Geographic subject (city or populated place) |
Redondo Beach; Hermosa Beach; Redondo Beach; Hermosa Beach |
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Geographic subject (county) |
Los Angeles |
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Geographic subject (state) |
California |
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Geographic subject (country) |
USA |
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Coverage date |
1898/1906 |
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Photographer |
Packman, Mrs. |
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Publisher (of the digital version) |
University of Southern California. Libraries |
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Date created |
1898/1906 |
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Type |
images |
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Format |
glass plate negatives |
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Format (aacr2) |
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.; 2 photographs : photonegative, glass photonegative, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm., 21 x 26 cm. |
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Format (aat) |
negatives (photographic)
photographs |
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Contributing entity |
California Historical Society |
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Accession number |
2132 |
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Call number |
CHS-2132 |
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Microfiche number |
1-104-12 |
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Legacy record ID |
chs-m1181; USC-1-1-1-1225; USC-1-1-1-11306 |
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Part of collection |
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 |
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Part of subcollection |
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 |
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Project |
USC |
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Rights |
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license -- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ -- Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California |
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Physical access |
Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 740-5900; fax (213) 740-2343 |
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Repository name |
USC Libraries Special Collections |
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Repository address |
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
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Repository email |
specol@usc.edu |
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Filename |
CHS-2132 |
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Archival file |
chs_Volume26/CHS-2132.tiff |
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