California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Exterior view of the Los Angeles International Airport, looking toward the tower, showing parking lots, February 25, 1971

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Exterior view of the Los Angeles International Airport, looking toward the tower, showing parking lots, February 25, 1971

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Los Angeles International Airport, looking toward the tower, showing parking lots, February 25, 1971. The tower of the Los Angeles International Airport, consisting of an elevated circular room that sits below the intersection of two large, perpendicular arches, is at the right centerground of the image. Parking lots full of automobiles fill the foreground and stretch to the left horizon. A light pole In the foreground bears the letter "C'. Rows of palm trees are positioned throughout the parking lots. Highrise buildings are visible in the distance.

Asset Metadata

Title Exterior view of the Los Angeles International Airport, looking toward the tower, showing parking lots, February 25, 1971

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Airports (lcsh), Los Angeles International Airport (subject), Transportation -- Air -- Airports -- Los Angeles International (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1971-02-25

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1971-02-25

Creator Caldwell, James (photographer)

Contributor Foster and Kleiser (donor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20331

Identifier 31080 (accession number), CHS-31080 (call number), CHS-31080 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22648 (legacy record id), chs-m20331 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-13058 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-13060 (legacy record id), 1-102- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22648

Unique identifier UC125927

Legacy Identifier CHS-31080.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.1 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
48.5 cm × 33.1 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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